Visitor Center Report

Every day it is freezing in Sounkyo
Today’s temperature was -15°c at Sounkyo visiter center.
Weather forecast says that it will be -20°c, become warm in weekend.
(Beware of snow falling from roof.)

When in the freezing morning, we can see window frost
When water vapor in the air freezes, Window frost is made.
It is one of ice crystal. It has many pattern like a needle, like a feather, like a branch, like a fan.
Window frost needs under -6~10°c.
Water vapor around window is chilled by out side air of window very quickly, and becomes ice. Ice joins another ice crystals, it becomes bigger.
At last window frost becomes beautiful geometric pattern.

When we find window frost , We think “This morning is really cold.”.
If window frost is very big and wide , the temperature must be under -15°c

We wish you a Happy New Year.
We look forward to your continued good will in the coming year.
Thank you for many people that visited our center, took part in our lecture, watched our website.
We try to help people about studying nature and to experiencing in nature.
Also we try to make people to interest in nature.

It has been snow storm since early morning.
But in a few days it is very calm.

We hope this year will be calm weather and have no natural disasters.

Thank you very much in the past year.

There are few days in this year.
This year has been really tough, so we really hope that next year can be a lot better.

Thank you for many people that visited our center, took part in our lecture, watched our website.
We try to help people about studying nature and to experiencing in nature.
Also we try to make people to interest in nature.
We have a new year holyday from 2020.12.31 to 2021.1.5.
We open from Jan.6th , 9:00~17:00.
And we hold “Center lecture in winter” from Jan.16th.
Please check our website.

Trekking with snowshoe in Obako

We have winter season’s lectures from January 16th.
Date: 2021.1.16~2021.2.28 (only on Saturdays and on Sundays)
morning course and afternoon course

Main course is “Obako”
If you want to know details, please check “Lecture information “ on our website.

It falls a light flicker snow in Sounkyo.
Today’s temperature in early morning was -11°c.
It is very cold, freezing.
The photo is “Pteromys volans orii”
He is a nocturnal animal.
But at the same time as the sun he goes out of his nest to excrete.

The day I tried to take photos was very bad weather. I was worry about sunrise.
At last “Pteromys volans orii” came out.
What a nice timing!!!
This winter I have never seen couples of “Pteromys volans orii”.
They start to breed in March.
So they may start to find a good partner..