Season of Spring!!

It is a dance of the BUD of tree.
Very pretty.
Cherry blossoms are full-bloomed.

It was very beautiful.

Enjoying seeing cherry blossom was done as with my daughter.
'KASADAKE MIZUBASHOU KOUEN' in KASADAKE.

'TAKAMAGAHARA SITUGEN' MIZUBASHOU .

Flower viola of spring 'SUMIRE'

There is sill a snow in the 'Trekking Course.'
"A FRESH GREEN FESTIVAL " is held on June 13, 2010.

Powder Snow at Maruike

Maruike Area, Shiga Kogen, Joshinetsu National Park, Nagano, Japan.

More pictures from Sun Valley

This is Sun Valley Main Course, intermediate level.

White White Birches

The day started cloudy and with light snow today...

And the White Birches are still snowy and beautiful!

This is Ichinose Family yesterday night.

Here you can ski or snowboard everynight, until 21:00.

Enjoy!

Perfect Day!

Yesterday was a really great day in Shiga Kogen!!! Light snow in the morning and them sunny until the end of the day.

This is Maruike (Maru Pond) yesterday, about 1:00 P. M.

And that's Sun Valley area.

It was a good day to go out and enjoy the snow, skiing, snowboarding or just taking pictures...

Lots of images from Sun Valley coming soon.

The Snow is Back

The trees are becoming white again in Shiga Kogen!
Finally!

And according to Japan Meteorological Agency, this will be a snowy week!


We hope so!

Sunny Cloudy day...

As you can see in the picture taken this morning, it's cloudy today, but it's changing, so the sun is shining from time to time.

You can see Maruike (Maru Pond) and the Sunvalley Ski area in the background.

Summer Campsite

Hiratoko this morning...

Another lovely place...

and a campsite in the summer...

Sunday Morning

Today the sky was gorgeous in the morning but during the day became cloudy. But still a very good day for Shiga Kogen guests!

This picture, taken this morning, shows 2 typical trees in Shiga Kogen. Shirakaba or Japanese White Birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica), on the left, and Dakekamba or Erman's Birch (Betula ermanii), on the right. In the background you can see Nishitateyama and Higashitateyama ski fields.