Tsugaike Nature Park / Cloudy & Sunny 2018.Jun.01
The gondola was open at 8 a.m. and ropeway was open at 8:30 a.m. and Tsugaike Nature Park has started the summer operation. It was cloudy in the early morning and the temperature was low as of +11 °C and I felt chilly even I wore a jacket. The clouds started to broke up from around 10 a.m. and the clear blue sky started to spread.
[Mizubasho Marsh, Tsugaike Panorama Way]
The snow is thawing a week earlier than usual, but still about 100 cm of snow was remained in the park. We must walk on the snow, and the route was marked with a pink ribbon. There were 6 holes in Mizubasho Marsh and Mizubasho was already blooming.
[Mizubasho Marsh, Tsugaike Nature Park]
The bloom condition of the Mizubasho was different by the timing of the thawing and there were various ones from small to big. Also, Shirane-aoi (Japanese wood poppy) was blooming in-front of the visitor center. A staff told me that Shirane-aoi in Yase-one was already started to bloom.
[Mizubasho Marsh, Tsugaike Nature Park]
The opening festival was started from 11 a.m. at the entrance of the park and mochi-tsuki (rice pound) was held from 11:40 a.m. Lot of rice was prepared for mochi (rice cake) and people were enjoying mochi-tsuki.
[Tsugaike Visitor Center]
Mochi were covered with kinako (sweetened soybean flour) and served for free to the guests. They were very tasty and popular, so mochi were finished in half an hour.
[Tsugaike Visitor Center]
[Tsugaike Nature Park Availability Information]
*Summer Season … June 1, 2018 (Fri)－Oct. 31, 2018 (Wed)
*Opening Hours … 8:00 a.m.－ (Early morning operation will start on June 16)
*Price … Tsugaike Panorama Way Round-trip + Nature Park / Adult: JPY3,600, Child: JPY2,050
→Advance Ticket Adult:3,220, Child JPY1,820
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*Tsugaike Nature Park will be reported 1－2 times a week
