Studies of Plants and Wildlife: Mt. Tateyama

September 20, 2009

Mt. Tateyama Area, Toyama (September 20th) 《Silver Week Trip Day 3》

The sunrise near the hut.

When we got up in the morning and went out to see the sunrise, it was only 4 degrees and it was also windy and really cold. It was even clearer on that day and we saw Mt. Fuji, too.

《Day 3》
Kuranosuke-sansou Hut (Breakfast, 5:45 - 6:45) - Mt. Bessan (8:00) - Jigoku-dani (12:15) - Mikuriga-ike Hot Spring (13:00 - 14:00) - Murodou (15:00 - 16:00) - Toyama Sta. (18:45 - 19:37) - JR Takayama Line - Inotani Sta. (20:30 - 20:33) - Hida Hosoe Sta. (21:10) - Hida Furukawa YH.

Mt. Fuji.

Fuji-no-oritate and Kuranosuke Kar (cirque).

Mt. Bessan.

Toyama City and Toyama Bay.

Mt. Bessan.
There was no clouds above us.

Raichou-zawa Camp site.

Campanula lasiocarpa (Iwa Gikyou).

On the way to Mt. Bessan.

Mt. Fuji and Kuranosuke-sansou Hut.

Mt. Oyama, Mt. Oonanji, Mt. Masago and the hut.
You could see Mt. Fuji far away too.

The top of Mt. Bessan.

Mt. Tsurugidake.

Nucifraga caryocatactes (Hoshi-garasu, Spotted Nutcracker).

Mt. Tsurugidake from the North Peak of Mt. Bessan.

Mt. Tsurugidake Panorama.

We found a tiny patch of ice candles near Mt. Bessan.

Another Panorama of Mt. Tsurugidake.

Beautiful autumn colors.

The red carpet of Geum pentapetalum (Chinguruma).

Mt. Tateyama with fall colors.

Mt. Tateyama on the way down to Murodou.

Gentiana makinoi (Oyama Rindou).

Jigoku-dani （地獄谷）.

Mikuriga-ike Hot Spring.
The water was whitish one with strong acidity.

Mt. Tateyama and Mikuriga-ike Pond.

The crowd in the Murodou Terminal.

On the way back to Toyama Sta. by bus... We were in the sea of clouds we had looked down from the ridges of Mt. Tateyama.

September 19, 2009

Mt. Tateyama Area, Toyama (September 19th) 《Silver Week Trip Day 2》

Toyama Sta. early in the morning.

Today we headed for Mt. Tateyama area.

《Day 2》
Toyama Sta. (6:00) - by bus run by Alpen-mura Tourist - Murodou Bus Terminal (室堂, 8:20) - Mt. Oyama (雄山, 3003 m) - Mt. Oonanji (大汝山, 3015 m) - Mt. Masagodake (真砂岳, 2861 m) - Kuranosuke-sansou Hut （内蔵助山荘）.

Mt. Tsurugidake from the bus to Murodou.
From Toyama, you can use the train, cable car and bus to Murodou, but there are some buses running directly from Toyama Sta. to Murodou. Alpen-mura bus is one of them, but the guide kept speaking loudly all the way to Murodou, which was really annoying! We took the bus of Toyama Chihou Rail on the way back home the next day. That one was much quieter and nicer actually.

In front of the Murodou Terminal.
Mt. Tateyama is on the background.

Mt. Tateyama.

Aconitum hakusanense (Hakusan Torikabuto).

Mikuriga-ike pond and Mt. Tateyama.

Autumn color was just starting.

It was cloudy at the bottom of the mountain, but it was sunny when we got to the area around Murodou.

Murodou Plateau above the clouds.

Leontopodium japonicum var. shiroumense (Mine Usuyuki-sou).

Beautiful sky and amazing scenery.

From Ichi-no-koshi to Mt. Oyama.

We were walking between the clouds.
(The guy is total stranger.)

Geum calthaefolium var. nipponicum (Miyama Daikon-sou).
いろいろな高山植物の草紅葉を楽しむことができました。

Mt. Kasagatake?

The sea of clouds.

Gentiana algida (Touyaku Rinodou).

Mt. Ryuuou, Mt. Yakushi, Mt. Kasagatake, etc... The mountains of North Alps.

The view from the place on the way to Mt. Oyama.

At the summit of Mt. Oyama.
Oyama shrine.

You can see Mt. Tsurugidake.

Mt. Tsurugidake, Mt. Masagodake and Mt. Oonanji.

I couldn't stop taking bunch of picutures... The view was so amazing!

Uncinus?　（鉤状雲？）
高層にある雲って素敵です。やっぱり秋、空が高いです。

Lake Kurobe.

The summit of Mt. Oonanji.

The rocks around there was whitish gray.

Mt. Tsurugidake and Mt. Masagodake.

Kuranosuke-sansou Hut.

The sign on the way to Mt. Masagodake.

The top of Mt. Masagodake.

Fuji-no-Oritate.

The supper at the hut.
It wasn't too crowded at the hut on that day.
We called 3 other huts before we got the reservation at this one.
Other huts seemed really crowded during this Silver Week.
白身魚のフライも温かくて、おいしかったです。ご飯もおかわりして満腹になりました。