Author: vc-dev

Visitor center News June vol.109 was published.
This cover is “Momigi fall”.

Now Momiji dani hiking course is good condition without snow.
In these days it was warm, so some flowers start blooming.

At Momijidani hiking course you will feel power of forest.
We would like you to visit Sounkyo and Momijidani hiking course.

And more we introduce a new staff.
You can check center News from website.
Check it out.

“Cerasus nipponica var. kurilensis (Miyabe) H.Ohba” is blooming at 5th station of Mt.Kurodake.
It bloomed the last in Japan.

Around 5th station “Rhododendron dauricum” and “Potentilla matsumurae” and another alpine plants start blooming one and another.


Kurodake pair lift that is under construction starts to operate on Jun 1st.

Please come to Mt.Kurodake and see fresh green and beautiful flowers!

Flower season has come in Momijidani.
“Anemone flaccida”, “Anemone debilis”, “Trillium tschonoskii ”, “Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie f. lacinaata ”, “Oxalis acetosella”, “Menziesia pentandra”, “Rhododendron albrechtii”
“Corydalis fumariifolia subsp. azurea” are blooming now.

In Momijidani cute and tiny flowers are blooming one after another.

Shall we go watching and seeingflowers and very refreshing Momiji fall?

The fresh green season has come in Sounkyo.
The fresh wind blows through fresh green forest.
We feel so good.

These pictures are taken at the Sounkyo picnic site.
One is Sounkyo Picnic site seeing from Route39.
The other is Mt.Kurodake seeing from Sounkyo picnic site.
There is Nature observation lodge, you can go birdwatching.
Please come to Sounkyo picnic site and make the most of the beautiful nature.

Today’s Mt.Kurodake view from 5th station
The walking path at 5th station has no snow.
But there are still snow in the woods.
Around 5th station of Mt.Kurodake “Rhododendron aureum” stated blooming.
, also “Heloniopsis orientalis”and “Arabis serrata var. glauca” did beautifully.

Alpine flower season has started in Mt.Kurodake.