Mt. Kitadake, Yamanashi (July 18th)

It was raining again...
At the starting point to Kusasuberi course up to the ridge.

Today's course:
Shirane-oike-goya Hut (5:45) - Kusasuberi course - The junction with Kotarou ridge (8:45) - Kata-no-koya Hut (9:45).

It was still rainy on the second day. On the Kusasuberi trail from the hut we found lots of flowers. On the ridge the wind was really strong, so we just checked in the hut and gave up wandering around the summit of Mt. Kitadake.
On that day there were so many guests that quite a few of them couldn't even get the place to sleep. We were packed like the sardines in the can...I think there were 300 or 400 people staying at the hut on that night. We were really exhausted...


Veratrum grandiflorum f. alpestre (Miyama-baikei-sou).


Polemonium caeruleum ssp. yezoense var. nipponicum (Miyama-hana-shinobu).


Euphrasia insignis (Miyama Kogomegusa).


Pedicularis chamissonis var. japonica (Yotsuba Shiogama).


Dianthus superbus var. speciosus (Takane Nadeshiko).


Arnica unalascensis var. tschonoskyi (Usagi Giku).


Trollius riederianus var. japonicus (Shinano Kinbai).


Trollius riederianus var. japonicus (Shinano Kinbai).


Dactylorhiza aristata (Hakusan Chidori).
We found quite a few of them. They are really beautiful orchids.


Dactylorhiza aristata (Hakusan Chidori).


Anaphalis alpicola (Takane Yahazu Hahako).


Trollius riederianus var. japonicus (Shinano Kinbai).


Dactylorhiza aristata (Hakusan Chidori).


Fritillaria camschatcensis (Kuro-yuri).
There were lots of them in a spot!


Fritillaria camschatcensis (Kuro-yuri).


Trollius riederianus var. japonicus (Shinano Kinbai).


Fritillaria camschatcensis (Kuro-yuri).


Anemone narcissiflora (Hakusan Ichige).


Fritillaria camschatcensis (Kuro-yuri).


Phyllodoce aleutica (Ao-no-tsugazakura).


Minuartia arctica (Takane Tsumekusa).


Anemone narcissiflora (Hakusan Ichige).