REPORT

After a week of rainy weather, the landscape is looking more autumn-like at the Tsugaike Nature Park. I ran into a trail runner at the Tenbo Marsh (pictured), where I had hurried to get a view of the Hakuba Daisekke. In conversation he mentioned, “I didn’t think the weather would be this nice today. The Hakuba Daisekkei really looks to be in bad shape. Even from here you can see huge rocks lying on the snowfield.”
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Tenbo Marsh]

Along the path I saw many nanakamado (Japanese Rowan), okame-no-ki (viburnum furcatum), gozen tachibana (creeping dogwood), oba takeshima-ran (watermelon berry), kuromame-no-ki (bog bilberry) and akamono (gaultheria adenothrix) berries. Also, in the forested area that connects the Mizubasho Marsh and the Watatsuge Marsh, the beads of water from last night’s rain dripping from the kurotsuribana (euonymus tricarpus) berries (pictured) were beautiful.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Mizubasho Marsh to Watasuge Marsh]

I spoke with a pair of local siblings from Otari Village (pictured), who commented, “It’s a beautiful sunny Sunday, but we thought it might be relatively uncrowded because of the typhoon, so we decided to come to the Nature Park. The wind feels really good!” It was especially cool this morning, so much so that I started to get cold when I sat on the bench for a while. The low-lying iwa-icho (deer cabbage) has begun turning red in the marsh areas, and the flowers of iwashobu (triantha Japonica) were changing from white to pink.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Ukishima Marsh]

The view from the Tsugaike Gondola (pictured) also looked a little less green, and a little more yellow than at the peak of summer. In other news, today, 9/1 (Sun.), marks the start of sales of Advance Discount Lift Tickets for the 2024-25 winter season at Tsugaike Mountain Resort. As an example, Adult 1-Day Tickets can be purchased for JPY5,500, instead of the usual JPY7,500 at the ticket window.
[Tsugaike Gondola]

　
[Tsugaike Nature Park 2024 Opening Information]
＊Period … 2024/6/1 (Sat.) – 10/27 (Sun.), 11/2 (Sat.) – 11/4 (Mon.)
＊Hours … Tsugaike Ropeway is open from 7:00 a.m. on 8/31, 9/1, and from 8:00 a.m. on 9/2
＊Fees … Tsugaike Ropeway Roundtrip + Entrance Fee / Adults JPY3,700, Elementary School Students JPY2,100, Preschoolers Free → Advance Discount Tickets: Adults JPY3,300, Children JPY1,850! (No need to exchange at the ticket window! You can proceed straight to the gondola.)
(*One preschooler free with each paid adult. The second preschooler will be charged at the normal children’s rate.)

[Hakuba Tsugaike WOW! Opening Information]
*Period … 2024/6/18 (Sat) – 10/27 (Sun) *Closed on weekdays from 6/10 – 7/12 and 9/2 – 10/25.
Opening hours … 10 am – 4 pm (last admission at 3 pm)
Charges … Tobidas (1 time) JPY1,000 Fumidas (1 time) JPY800 Kabedas (1 time) JPY500 Amidas (60 min) JPY1,600 for adults, JPY1,000 for primary schools students Kogidas (1 time) JPY2,000 Pochadas (90 min) JPY2,800 for adults, JPY2,500 for primary schools students Tent sauna ( (90 min) JPY1,200 Baggy Cruise (1 time) Adults JPY2,000, 4 years to primary schools students JPY1,500 Trampolines (5 min) JPY500

*This season’s Tsugaike Report will be updated once or twice a week.
*To Visitors Requesting Original Data of Our Photographs

reported by Snownavi