Tsugaike Nature Park / Partly Cloudy2021.Oct.18
The Tsugaike Panorama Way (Gondola + Ropeway) is down to its final week of operation for the green season, with business drawing to a close on 10/24 (Sun.). Yesterday’s snowfall transformed the Tsugaike Nature Park into a winter landscape. The eastern sky was thick with clouds that blocked the sun from time to time, but the white-dusted trees looked beautiful against the background of the cold blue sky.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Yase-One Ridge]
I spoke with one of the staff members at the visitor’s center who explained, “The snow started the night before last and was mostly blown about by the wind during the day yesterday. Once the winds died down last night however, the snow began to accumulate in earnest. Most of the autumn leaves that were still remaining seem to have been blown off of the trees.” In the Watasuge Marsh area (pictured), the wooden boardwalk was covered in around 3cm of new snow.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Watasuge Marsh]
Eventually, the snow began to melt and turn to slush, causing the boardwalk to become slippery. I took special care not to fall as I proceeded towards the Yase-One Ridge area at the far end of the Nature Park. Looking down over the ‘Ganmata-Ike’ pond, the remaining fall colors and clouds combined to create a magical scene.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Yase-One Ridge]
Currently the best fall colors can be seen near the top of the gondola, at around 1,500m of elevation. The leaves in the vicinity of the gondola midstation and ‘Yuki no Hiroba’ are just starting to turn color, so it seems likely that we should be able to enjoy beautiful autumn foliage in that area as well before the end of the green season operation on 10/24 (Sun.).
[Tsugaike Ropeway・Gondola]
[Tsugaike Nature Park Availability Information]
*Summer Season … June. 12 (Sat)－Oct. 24 (Sun), 2021
*Opening Hours … 8:00 a.m.－(Oct. 11- Oct. 24)
(*The opening time in Aug. 21 – Sep. 12 is changed to from 8:00 a.m.)
*Price … Tsugaike Ropeway Round-trip + Nature Park / Adult: JPY3,700, Child: JPY2,100
→Advance Ticket Adult: JPY3,300, Child JPY1,850! (Please go to the gondola station directly without exchanging the ticket), Shinshu 4 Ticket Set / JPY9,800 (Valid on 4 days during the operation period, multiple ticket can be used at once for multiple people)
[Tsugaike WOW! Availability Information]
*Summer Season … June. 12 (Sat)－Oct. 24 (Sun), 2021
*Opening Hours … 9 a.m.－4 p.m. (Last entry 3 p.m.)
*Fee … Tobidas: Adult & 6–12 y/o JPY1,000, Fumidas: Adult & 6–12 y/o JPY800, Kabedas: Adult & 6–12 y/o JPY500, Kogidas: Adult & 6–12 y/o JPY2,000,
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*Tsugaike Nature Park & WOW! will be reported 1－2 times a week
