Kusatsu Onsen

Kusatsu Onsen
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Hiking Trail List
A Mt. Shirane/Yugama Viewing course
B Yoshigadaira Nature Trail course,
Jofu no taki Fall (for advanced hikers) course
C Motoshirane course
D Fukihara no ike Pond course
E Shakunage/Mononugu no ike Pond course
F Sessho/Bandaiko course,
Mt. Sekison/Kusatsu Nature Trail course
G For Ousen Falls course
   
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F:Sessho/Bandaiko course Mt. Sekison/Kusatsu Nature Trail course

∆Hakusan alpine rose
The desolate views and the field of flowers

The course starts at desolate Sesshogawara and passes through the field filled with alpine roses and azaleas
 
地図
 
♦Course Time(amount of time required:2hours and 15min/5kmEE
Shirane-kazan(volcano) Ropeway Sanroku Sta.
∇(60min)
Bandaiko -(40min) ≫ Mt. Shakuson -(15min) ≫ Roadside Station -(20min) ≫ Yubatake


♦The bloom time of alpine plants
May-Jun May-Jun Jun-Jul Jun-Jul
Azuma alpine rose Fringe bells Akamono
(gaultheria adenothrix)
Urajiro-yoraku
(Menziesia multiflora Maxim.)
Jul-Aug      
     
Thistle      

  [The bloom time of other alpine plants]
♦May-Jun
Snakeberry • Murasaki-yashiotsutsuji(rhododendron albrechtii) • Azuma alpine rose • Japanese azalea
♦Jun-Jul
Bunchberries • Goldthread • Hakusanshakunage(rhododendron brachycarpum) • Cotton grass
♦Jul-Aug
Dicentras • Kokinreika(Patrinia triloba) • Fireweeds
♦Aug-Sep
Northern Gentians(Gentiana triflora var. japonica)



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