Tsugaike Nature Park / Partly Sunny2022.Jul.26
The high-alpine day lillies known as Nikkokisuge reached their peak over the 3-day weekend (7/16－7/18) inside the Tsugaike Nature Park, located at an elevation of 1,900－2,000m and lying within the borders of the Chubu Sangaku National Park. This came roughly a week after the same flowers were in full bloom at Happo’s Kamaike Shitsugen area (1,680m). Even now the delightful orange blossoms are still an impressive sight to see in various areas of the nature park. In particular, I heard several visitors exclaim their surprise at the beautiful scene in the area around the Watasuge Shitsugen.
[Tsugaike Gondola・Watasuge Shitsugen]
In the Ukishima Shitsugen area, the flowers were concentrated close to the wooden boardwalk, and I felt myself being drawn further and further into the depths of the park by both their beauty and the desire to find the perfect flower. I noticed that some of the plants still had swollen buds ready to burst forth with more blossoms, so it should be possible to enjoy them for at least a few more days.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Ukishima Shitsugen]
Right now is the best time to see summer flowers inside the park, and a variety of species such as Ibuki toranoo, Otakarako and Watasuge were at their zenith inside the Ukishima Shitsugen. There was also an abundance of Kurumayuri, Karamatsuso, Gozen tachibana, and Maizuruso flowering alongside the path stretching between the Mizubasho Shitsugen and Ukishima Shitsugen.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Ukishima Shitsugen]
Hiougi ayame (pictured), or Arctic Irises in English, provided lovely splashes of purple in the Mizubasho, Watasuge and Ukishima marsh areas. It also goes without saying that the deep, rich green all throughout the park is an impressive sightl in and of itself. In part because it was a cloudy day, I was able to fully enjoy a nice, cool morning in the nature park.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Mizubasho Shitsuge]
[Tsugaike Nature Park Opening Information]
＊Business Period … 6/11 (Sat.) － 10/23/2022 (Sun.)
＊Business Hours …From 7:00 a.m. on 7/25－7/29, 8/1－8/10, and weekdays from 8/15－8/19 / and from 6:30 a.m. on 7/30, 7/31, 8/6, 8/7, 8/11－8/14
＊Fees … Round trip use of the Panorama Way (gondola & ropeway) + Nature Park entrance / Adults JPY3,700, Children JPY2,100 → Advance Discount Tickets Adults JPY3,300, Children JPY1,850! (Advance Discount Tickets are usable as-is! Proceed directly to the gondola for immediate boarding.)
＊Business Period … 7/15 (Fri.)－10/23/2022 (Sun.)
＊Facilities … GLAMPING FIELD TSUGAIKE, LANTERN CAMPING FIELD TSUGAIKE, Hakuba Tsugaike WOW!, Tsugaike Ropeway, Dog Run, Tsugaike Golf Center
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*Tsugaike Nature Park & WOW! will be reported 1－2 times a week
