Visitor Center Report

Today is beautiful blue sky.
Sounkyo gorge is covered with snow.
It is so beautiful.
Yesterday’s amount of snow was 24cm.(Japan Meteorological Agency)
This year’s snow?
The depth of snow is 120cm, the same day in last year was 117cm.
The depth of snow is same.
The amount of snow is about 600cm (November to yesterday)
The same day in last year was about 580cm .
This year is more snow than last year.

At the mountains we don’t know how much snow there is.
because Mt.Kurodake ski area is closed.
We hope snow will fall less than usual year.

In February it has been not good.
One day is heavy snow, the other day is windy.
These weather is usual in Sounkyo, but there have been rainy days this winter.

The other day precipitation amount per a day got second place in recorded history.
First place was 54mm in1994
6 records within 10th place is after 2000.
The picture is “Ezo deer”.
Over 30cm snow and over 30mm rain amount are really hard for those thin legs.

Today was really bad weather.
Around Sounkyo many traffic roads were closed for bad weather.

This time it is getting warm, sometimes cold.
Please take care of yourself.

The photo is “Bombycilla garrulus (Linnaeus, 1758)”.
They came flying last November.
Recently they act in herd and fly around Kamikawa town.

The number of coming flying depends on the year. Why don’t you go out and do birdwatching for your health with binoculars.

Weather forecast says that it will be warm from today’s afternoon and after that it will be bad weather beginning of next week.
When you visit Sounkyo, please check weather or road information.
And drive safety.

But now today’s weather is ok.
I walk in the woods with snowshoe.

In winter season we can walk many place. Because everything is under the snow.
When walking, we can see feeding tree of “ Dryocopus martius” and scratches of brown bear.
*Scratches of brown bear in this picture is very old. But we found new ones.
Now brown bear is hibernating.
But when Weather forecast is warm and rainy, please act very carefully.

I have seen beautiful blue sky days in a long time.
So I went to see Daisetuzan mountain range with snowshoe.
This place is “Daisetsu mori no garden” that is famous sight seeing place.

Here in Daisetsuzan mountain range we have much snow from now.

When you go to Daisetsuzan, please act very carefully.