Visitor Center Report

Mt.Midoridake Autumn leaves

The slope of Mt.Midoridake is best time to see.

Daichi hanabatake and Dainihanabatake
“Sorbus matsumurana” is good time to see.
“Betula ermanii” are coloring a little.
“Geum pentapetalum” is getting their peak color.

“Tasuki autumn leaves” that is seen from rock slope is still good time to see.
At the upper part some leaves are falling.
But overall it is so beautiful and bottom part is more beautiful.

At the ridgeline of Mt,Midoridake “Arctous alpina var. japonica” past their peak.
We found black dying leaves.
Around Hakuun Hut “Sorbus matsumurana” is losing its color.

Mt.Kurodake autumn leaves report

Day by day leaves are becoming beautiful.
It’s good time to see.
But yesterday’s weather was heavy rain and strong wind and the temperature went down. (There were heavy frosts here and there.)
Some “Sorbus matsumurana” lose their color.
But some are very red!
Some are turn orange to red.
It is very beautiful.

“Arctous alpina var. japonica” is still good, but some of them are losing their color.
Some are brown, dying.
“Geum pentapetalum” and “ Salix reinii ” at Kumonodaira are getting better than last post (9/7)
It’s good time to see.

“Betula ermanii”and “Weigela middendorffiana” at the northeast slope of Mt.Kurodake turn yellow.
So seeing from observation deck at 5th station, Mt.Kurodake has yellow leaves and red leaves. It is so beautiful.
(Please watch “fixed point observation” at the bottom of
this page)
*This morning was so cold. When boarding on chair lift and hiking., it is so cold. Please bring something warm to wear like gloves, jacket.

Mt.Midoridake autumn leaves report
On the ridgeline of Mt.Midoridake autumn leaves are so beautiful.
“Arctous alpina var. japonica” pasted its peak But it is still beautiful.
“Sorbus matsumurana” is now its peak.
Autumn leaves are moving to low elevation place.

It will be cold from September 13th, so it might snow.
When you go to mountains, bring something warm to wear.