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.

Full Moon

It is a very wonderful night of a full moon.

It beautiful rose on the Ichinose Family Ski area.

LITTLE TRIP

HIGASHI-TATEYAMA-ALPINE-PLANT-GARDE

In Hoppo Onsen

It took the gondola from the Hoppo Onsen on August 15.

Seeing from the top of a mountain and my house were seen.
The ONUMA pond can be seen far away.The weather was bad,this day looked black.When it is fine, it looks blue.


*Flowers in blossom*


OYAMA-SHIMOTSUKE


HAKUSAN-FUURO

TAKANE-NADESIKO

TSURIGANE-NINJIN

Surrounding of my house

IT IS FULL-BLOWN.

"YANAGIRAN"

It's called the FLOWER OF THE FIRE in CANADA.

"KUGAISO"

"NIKKO KISUGE"

The Mt.Higashidate plant garden in the HOPPO ONSEN AREA

is a best time.

It's in blossom a lot.

Clearing Snow(Shiga-Kusatsu route : R292)

Snow is being cleared.

The wall of a famous snow can be done.
It seems to be low because it snow little this year.

Another Sunny Day!

It's bright and sunny today in Shiga Kogen!
Temperatures in the morning were about -2℃ in Hasuike.
This is Misumaike (Misuma Pond), known as well as Sankaku Pond, a few hours ago.

A Perfect Saturday!!!

This Saturday doesn't remind us that is already Spring in Japan in any possible way!
The trees are all snowy again, we had some snow during the day and temperatures registered were below zero just like an ordinary winter day!
It was cold Saturday, but sunny and beautiful! At the end of the day, I was told that it was -5℃ on the ski course...

This is Yokoteyama Kid's Park and Kumanoyu Ski Area on the background.

Kumanoyu Ski courses and Kasadake

The summit of Yokoteyama hiden in the clouds, viewed from Yokoteyama Sky Lift 2.


An hour later, the summit could be seen perfectly. This is Yokoteyama Sky Lift 1.



This is Mt. Kasadake, viewed from Yokoteyama Sky Lift 2.


The Yokoteyama trees are all white again!
Yokoteyama Sky Lift 2.

This is the view from the top of Yokoteyama Sky Lift 2.

From Yokoteyama Sky Lift 3 the trees are even more snowy!

Shibutoge Area

From the top of Yokoteyama Lift 6 Kasadake is beautiful

This is the Yokoteyama Lift 6

From Yokoteyama Lift 6, you can choose a intermediate course, on the left, or a easier one, on the right.

And that's Yokoteyama main course in the end of the day.

Shiga Kogen at Sunset

Yesterday the sky was so beautiful that we decided to watch the sunset. Maeyama seems to be a good choice, because the Maeyama C course it's not so difficult to snowshoe hike. The course it's just about 750 m. and we reached the top of the mountain in 15 min. You just need to ask at the front desk where you can hire some snowshoes and go with comfortable shoes and warm clothes.

We start to walk about 5:15 P. M.

And we were on the summit of Maeyama at 5:30 P. M.

Just in time to watch this beautiful sunset.


Sunset watched from 1810 m above sea level.


From the summit, you can see Kasadake, Kumanoyu Ski Area and all the Hotaru Onsen Hotels

At this time of the day, all the lifts had already stopped and it's very peaceful.



If you have the chance, I highly recommend, it's worth!

Two moments of Mt. Kasadake

As I told yesterday, we had a rainy Sunday in Shiga Kogen that turned in some snow this morning. But the runs are very icy outside so, take care!
We are still waiting more snow through the week. Let's hope!

This is Kasadake a few days ago... at March 19th, between Yokoteyama Skylift 2 and 3.

And this is Kasadake, viewed from the same place, on February 5th.

Beautiful Weekend!

This is Maeyama Ski course this morning... another beautiful sunny Saturday!

And today I was on the bus, at Kumanoyu Area (Kuma=bear / yu=hot spring water) which means something like the bear of the hot spring water when I met him!

Sunny Thursday!

Thursday was sunny with a gorgeous blue sky the whole day!
Thankfully, the ski course wasn't ice and hard. The Tuesday snow fall was still soft and good to ski.

Those who had the chance to go out and ski or snowboard today could appreciate a beautiful view today. This is Mt. Kasadake viewed from Yokoteyama ski course, lift 2 area.

If you weren't skiing or snowboarding here, the sunshine was strong enough to wish a good shadow. Her name is Momiji and she lives at the summit of Yokoteyama, 2305 m above sea level, in Unnjyo no Yado Yokote Sancho Hutte.

This is Indy. You can find him playing all the time at Shibutoge Hotel, in Shibutoge area. He's lovely and loves to play!


Even at the top of Yokoteyama, it was a hot Thursday. Well... at least for Shiga Kogen, 4° C it's very hot!!!

Saturday at Ichinose

Few hours latter, at Ichinose, we found a beautiful sky to enjoy the whole day on the snow.

In these pictures, you can see Ichinose Diamond, Ichinose Family and Tanne no Mori Okojo Ski area.