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About 200,000 shares of narcissus bloom on the riverbed, with a view that looks like a yellow carpet. The cherry blossoms that bloom on the embankment also blossom at the same time. You can enjoy a competition of flowers.

The Yachimigahara moor of a high-rise moor located to the northwest of the Kirikamine plateau. Visitor center by its side. On the first floor, the process of forming the Yashima moor, including the Yashima moor, includes the Yashima moor, and the surrounding highlights and flora and fauna are introduced using photographs and dioramas. The video corner on the second floor shows the scenery of the Yashima moor during the four seasons. It will also provide information on flowering and guide the walking path, so let's feel free to ask.

A one-stroke heart-shaped moor of the Yashima moor extending northwest of the Kirikamine. The mud-coal beds, which are 8m thick, are deposited and peatened by plants such as sphagnum moss without becoming a mulch. It was formed over about 10,000 years. Within the marsh, there are ponds such as Yashigaike and Kacyagaike, and there is a 1-hour, 30-minute walking course around the marsh. About 400 types of moor and subalpine plants are native to the surrounding area, such as the Ablage Azalea and Nikkouki sedge. Late June-late August, showing the most beautiful landscape of the year. Country Designated Natural Monument.

There is a stand and a fast food restaurant on the first floor of Sky Plaza in front of the observation lift. There is a shop and a fast food restaurant on the first floor of the sky plaza, which offers a wide range of seasonal items, and a kitchen kururi where you can view the plateau while eating soft ice cream and snacks.

It takes about 15 minutes to take two lifts to reach the top of the mountain at an altitude of 1925m. The rolling hills are known as a treasure trove of alpine plants, as they bloom in early summer. The green meadow of early June summer and the grass-falling leaves of September to October fall are also available.

The Nakayama Plateau, a prominent presence in the size of the central road area. The biggest feature is that you can enjoy a large 360-degree panorama unobstructed by trees. It is a ski area where you can glide slowly while enjoying the view of majestic mountains such as Mt. Fuji, Yatsugatake and the Japanese Alps. The course is divided with the base east side being elementary, middle side being intermediate, and upper side being senior.

Venus Line with a total distance of 76km in the Dry Broad of Shinshu. On the route that connects the plateau representing Shinshu, such as Tateshina, Kurayama, Kirikamine, and Migahara, it is packed with large and small lakes and moors, grasslands of alpine plants, alps in the distance, and view points. The best season is from mid-June to late July, when large crowds of nickweed and brace azaleas can be seen. You can take the car leisurely and exhilaratingly and enjoy the comfort of the plateau. In addition, there is a melody road on the 240m section of the uphill main line from Lake Shiraka to the Nakayama Plateau, where grooves carved into the road surface produce a running sound with scales. The Yachimagahara Marsh, the Takakayama Marsh and the Odoba Marsh have been designated as national natural monuments.

A facility that conveys the charm of honey and beekeeping attached to the "Small Forest Inn Gin no Sono" at an altitude of 1500m. The bee's trowel is a symbol of the brewery called "Zukurumi", which is unique to this region. The hall consists of a honey shop, an exhibition room, and a training room. The store has 20 types of safe and secure domestic natural honey in the season. The honey of Acacia, buckwheat and chestnut from Shinshu is also small bottle size. In the popular “taste, aroma and color comparison” experience course, you can compare the taste of more than 20 kinds of honey, and you can see that the taste and aroma color are different depending on the flower. Three to five times a year, beekeeping courses for beginners to advanced people, parent-child beekeeping courses are also held during summer vacation.

The main peak of the Kirike peak, a gently spreading green plateau centered on Kuramzan at an altitude of 1925m. From the summit, there are 360-degree panoramas such as the Yagatake Ran Peak, the South, North and Central Alps, and Mount Fuji. There are also walking paths, so you can easily hike to the Kirikamine and Yashima moor. During the green season, about 600 kinds of plants, including Nikkouki sedge, color the blooming plateau one after the other. The observation lift to the summit is 2500 yen round trip and 1700 yen each way.

As the name suggests, the Kirikamine is often covered with deep, thick fog, and in 1959, a fog bell tower was installed at the top of Frogbara to inform hikers of direction on a dense fog day. The tower, which is also a landmark for trekking on a foggy day, is inscribed with the lyrics "The bells are the foggy and the bells are the foggy," by the novelist Taiko Hirabayashi, from Suwa.