Today the Visitor Center held a course on “Springtime Mountain Trekking: The Kumoigahara Marshland.”
A misty rain fell early this morning but later gave way to a cloudy sky that was perfect for a day of pleasant mountain trekking.
The area around the marshland was almost entirely covered by hard snow. We walked through a forest of giant coniferous trees and on the marshland itself, places that are not passable in the summer.
A large amount of snow remains, so the only blooming flowers we could see were Lysichiton camtschatcense. Nonetheless, the course came to a successful conclusion amid the delightful singing of Tarsiger cyanurus and Erithacus akahige.
We also spotted the tracks of large animals, so people planning to go to the marshland should carry noisemakers.
Photo: Near the marshland, Aizan Gorge May 25
A misty rain fell early this morning but later gave way to a cloudy sky that was perfect for a day of pleasant mountain trekking.
The area around the marshland was almost entirely covered by hard snow. We walked through a forest of giant coniferous trees and on the marshland itself, places that are not passable in the summer.
A large amount of snow remains, so the only blooming flowers we could see were Lysichiton camtschatcense. Nonetheless, the course came to a successful conclusion amid the delightful singing of Tarsiger cyanurus and Erithacus akahige.
We also spotted the tracks of large animals, so people planning to go to the marshland should carry noisemakers.
Photo: Near the marshland, Aizan Gorge May 25
