Hokkaido"Nature &Sightseeing"Information

　"The roof and Daisetsuzan National Park in Hokkaido"　

■Daisetsuzan National Park

　　　"Daisetsuzan National Park" in Hokkaido mostly located in the central part. Including Mt.Asahidake with an altitude of 2,291 m, high mountains, such as Mt. Kurodake and Mt. Tokachidake, stand in a row, it is called the roof in Hokkaido, and We are popular also from a mountain-climbing visitor. 230,000 ha in Japan of the maximum [ amplitude ] .


　 The dominant peak of "Mt.Asahidake"


　　　A public inside a garden is widely covered with a virgin forest, and the alpine plants exceeding various 250 sorts blooms all over. An aspect which begins from the vertex of a mountain that the earliest autumnal leaves in Japan, such as a checker tree and Betula ermanii, get down to foot day by day is observable in autumn.
　　
　　　In winter, We can enjoy that We can also enjoy winter sports, such as skiing and a snowboard, etc. by year-round according to a predilection

■Charm

▼Charm Part 1：　"We can enjoy ourself easily by a ropeway!"
　　　
　　　The ropeway is fixed to mountain side in Mt.Asahidake and Mt. Kurodake.

　　　Among these, in the "full-length mirror" the terminal of "the ropeway of Mt.Asahidake", and near 1600 m halfway up, the walk way is improved so that ordinary leisure travellers can also enjoy a surrounding prospect. We can see dynamic spectacles, such as gas emission which rises from Mt.Asahidake of a full-length mirror ,and from the "Sugatami-pond.


　From a walk way"Phyllodoce caerulea"

Gas emission which rises from Mt.Asahidake


　　　We can enjoy also from a ropeway the figure discolored from spring when snow melts away in and various alpine plants bloom to the autumn of a fresh green season and an autumnal-leaves seisin.


The autumnal leaves from the Mt. Kuro ropeway
　　　　　 (foot is Sounkyo)


▼Charm Part２：It is also "the mountains of Taisetsu can be traversed."
　　　
　　　Traversing mountain climbing is also possible for the mountains of Taisetsu.

　　　Also in order to also locate a hut (an administrative man also stays during a mountain-climbing seisin) in Mt. Kurodake and to take refuge from a sharp fluctuation of the weather or a bear, it is a mountain-climbing lover's ground and musut have facilities.


The prospect and hut around Mt. Kurodake

　　If you are walking along the mountain, you will meet with various fortuities.


"The figure to which a swan flies" which appears in spring

"Diapensia" is a beautiful attractive pattern

　　　　The scene of midwinter

▼ Charm Part 3：　"We　can also meet rare small animals!?"
　　　　
　　　During mountain climbing, Ｗe can perform observance of many alpine plants, and also can meet rare animals, such as a "pika" etc. called survival of a glacial period.

　　　Since much food for hibernation must be collected if it enters especially in autumn and animals move about busily, the chance which can meet comparatively rotates.


　　　　　　　 　"Pika"

▼ Charm Part 4："We can also meet rare plant?"

　　　If you are walking along the walk way and the mountain trail, not only a seasonal flower but an aspect that the plant changes from the flower to the fruit is observable.


"Iwa-azalea" flower is pink and is "a red fruit" in autumn

Autumn finishes and a "Kumoi-gentian" heralds!

The autumnal leaves of "Urashima-tsutsuji"

　　　　

　　　Inside of Daisetsu-zan National Park, you can also enjoy individual Hot Springses, such as Sounkyo, Asahidake, Tenninkyo, Shirogane, Shikaribetsu, Nukabira, and Tomuraushi.

■ Picture provided

▼ Mt.Asahidake visitor center ... 0166-97-2153

＊Center "HP" is ・・・「here」


▼ Sounkyo visitor center (Mt. Kuro) ... 01658-9-4400

＊The Sounkyo visitor center "HP" is 「here」