There is little snow.

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Kurodake Ski Area has reopened.

Kurodake Ski Area, which was closed temporarily due to a lack of snow, has reopened today.
For more information, please visit the Kurodake Ropeway’s website. http://www.rinyu.co.jp/modules/pico01/

November 30, 2014

Publication of a Visitor Center Report

The 64th Visitor Center Report has been issued.
Pteromys volans orii are featured on the cover.
Inside are descriptions of the transitions observed in Sounkyo Gorge’s fall foliage this year and “frost flowers” that are seen during the winter. There is also an article on the benefits of using snowshoes in the coming season.
Please have a look!

November 26, 2014

Kurodake Ski Area will close temporarily.

Kurodake Ski Area will close temporarily beginning tomorrow, November 24, due to a lack of snow.
For more information, please visit the Kurodake Ropeway’s website.
http://www.rinyu.co.jp/modules/pico01/

November 23, 2014

Five squirrels!

For the first time in quite a while, I saw some Sciurus vulgaris orientis today. I usually see two at most, but today I actually saw five.
I was a little taken by surprise, as I had never seen so many before, My presence caused them all to scamper off in fright; nonetheless, the sight of five squirrels together was quite something.

Photo: Sciurus vulgaris orientis (Only one appears in the photo.) Nov. 21