🐻🤎 [Montbell Club Friend Fair Yokohama 2025] 🐻 Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Sakuho Town and Koumicho booths! We introduced 🌲✨ plenty of the charms of Shinshu's Nature, such as the high-Elevation Shirakoma Pond, the mysterious moss forest where moss spreads, and the Yachiho Highlands where you can enjoy Seasonal Nature I was 😊🤍 happy to pick up delicious Local Specialty and tourist brochures Shinshu Sakuho Town and Koumi Town are perfect areas for summer getaway trips. I hope 🌲🍁 to see you again in the Nature of Shinshu

【Shinshu Sakuho Town Nature Experience Tour】 🍃🌿 \We will guide you on a day trip to be healed by Nature/ 《Held in》Sunday, August 3 《Recommended points》 ✔︎ Take a walk 🌳 in the mossy mysterious forest "Shirakoma Pond" ✔︎Visiting the site and tasting experience 🍶 of a long-established sake brewery ✔︎ Lunch 🐟🥢 of Local taste "Yamame bowl & Soba set" ✔︎ You can ✨🛣️ also Fun shopping at the Roadside Station 《Departure and Arrival》 ・Sakudaira Station Asama Exit ・Roadside Station Yachiho Highlands Visitor Center 　➡️ If you are nearby, it is convenient to meet and disband at the Roadside Station! 《Fee》Lunch included, tax included one person 9,900 yen 《What to bring》 Comfortable shoes and rain gear Capacity: 25 people (minimum number of participants: 15) Refresh 🫧 your mind and body while enjoying the blessings of Nature with your five senses This is a 🌱 fascinating day trip that is perfect for making summer memories 【Application / Inquiry】 Chikuma Kanko Co., Ltd. Saku Head Office 📞0267-62-1000 (Reception hours 10:00-17:00) * Regular holiday: Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, year-end and New Year holidays Please join us with your family and friends.

[NEW Oraho Map] The "Oraho Map", which is packed with the charm of Sakuho Town, has been powered up and appeared 😼💫💫 Just looking at it makes you want to go out, and pay attention 👀🎨 to the cute hand-drawn illustrations "There was a place like this!" "I want to go here-" There may be some discoveries ... 🤍💭 Be sure to check it out 😸 at the Visitor Center

[Registered Tangible Cultural Property "Sakaehashi"] 🌉 It was completed in Showa 13) (1938) and was designated as a registered tangible cultural property on March 13 of this year. Every time I cross this historic bridge, I feel 💭 the progress of the community "Sakae Bridge" exists as a matter of course as one of the landscapes representing Sakuho Town. Please 🫧🦋 visit once to feel the history of the area

We will introduce ♩ Official website tourism association that is packed with the charms of Nagano Prefecture's Sakuho Town, such as Tourist Information, Access Information, and restaurant Information It is also convenient for checking before traveling! Please take a ☺ look ▶ Nagano Prefecture Sakuho Town Tourism Association Home page is here https://yachiho-kogen.jp//

In Sakuho Town, Nagano Prefecture, the Mitsuba azaleas are in best time to visit. Bright pink shines on the soft fresh greenery, and this season makes you feel good just by walking. Please come and ☺ see the scenery Only now

【Flower Arboretum Open】 From today, Saturday, May 10, the flower arboretum in Yachiho Highlands will 🌸 open Renge azalea, Doudan azalea, and Mitsuba azalea flowers bloom in the park, and in June they turn the 💐💐 prophecy red Please come and visit us 🌳🥰 business hours: 2025 (Reiwa 7) Saturday, May 10 – Sunday, October 5 2025 (Reiwa 7) Business hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. (Reception until 3:30 p.m.)

【No.1 in Japan's most beautiful ✨ birch cluster of trees】 Birch trees 🌳✨ stretching toward the blue sky The blue of the sky and the white of the birches, the green of the bamboo at your feet... Everything is so beautiful that you want to 😌🌱 look at it all the time The atmosphere changes with each season, so you'll want to come back again and again! Please come to 😸♡ Yachiho Highlands

【Yachiho Highland Nature Park】 A nature garden that cuts out the Nature of the Yachiho Highlands as it is... 😌🩷 At the Nature Garden, you can enjoy ♬ three walking courses according to your stay time White Path: Total length 1 km, about 30 minutes Blue Path: Total length 1.5 km, about 50 minutes Green Path: Total length 2.5 km, about 80 minutes Spring & Summer Highlands Flowers, Autumn Leaves in Autumn, and plenty of highlights! 🍁 Please come and visit 😸✨✨ us

【Yachiho Lake】 Yachiho Lake is a managed fishing spot 🐟🫧 where you can Fun Catch & Release There is also 😸 a fishing land where parents and children can enjoy and rent fishing rods with bait You can 🌸 enjoy it in full Nature Please come and visit ✨ us

【Komadeike Campground OPEN 👏】 Located in the superb Nature of the Yachiho Highlands, Komadeike Campground opened for the 2025 season on Friday, April 18! Komadeike Campground is a "campsite embraced by No.1 in Japan's best birch forest" where everyone of all ages can enjoy a comfortable and best time. There is a free site where you can choose from five situations such as around the pond and along the river, a spacious auto site where you can choose the shade of the sun, bungalow cottages, and Day trip activities. "We want you to enjoy a peaceful outdoor life with your loved ones." This is the concept and wish of Komadeike Campground. Come and play!

【Fairy Tale Highway Opening Ceremony】 Sorry to keep you waiting! Mugikusa Pass is open ✨ The fairytale highway is now passable from today. 👀✨ Elevation 2127m of scenery, air, wind, please come and feel it! 🚗

【Tour de Yatsugatake 2025 ends】 Two days have passed since the end of the Tour de Yatsugatake 2025. Despite the course change due to the weather, many athletes ran as hard as they could, and thanks to everyone who supported us and the staff who supported us, we were able to finish the tournament safely. From now on, all the executive committee members will continue to work toward a tournament that everyone will want to challenge and want to come back again. See you again at Yatsugatake! 🚴‍♂️

◤鷽ノ口circular water◢ One of the hidden cultural properties of 🕌 Sakuho Town, Nagano Prefecture In the past, it was created to divide water equally so that there would be no conflict in the area. Before the circular Water was created, the custom of cutting wisteria vines and determining the proportion of Water to use them was called "wisteria vine Water", and it seems to have 💭 been a rare custom in Japan

[Notice of opening of Juishi Pass] We would like to inform you 💡 about the opening of National Route 299 Today, Friday, April 4, 2025 (Reiwa 7) opened at 11:00 a.m. Recommended points are the view from the observation deck and Maiden Falls 😸 Enjoy ✨

[2025 Shinshu / Sakuho Town Tourism Photo Contest Held in! ] 】 Held in the "2025 Shinshu Sakuho Town Tourism Photo Contest" again this year! 🌳 Use photos for tourist posters, pamphlets, etc. The application period is 2025 (Reiwa 7) April 1 (Tue) ~ 2025 (Reiwa 7) August 31 (Sun). We look forward to receiving your application! For details and application forms, please see the Sakuho Town Tourism Association Official website or the second image. It is also located at the Roadside Station Yachiho Highlands Visitor Center, so please ✨ feel free to stop by

🚴 ♂️ Tour de Yatsugatake 2025🚴 ♂️ Thank you very much for your many entry There is a 🙇🏻 ♀️ The entry deadline for the Tour de Yatsugatake is tomorrow 16th ❗️ We are still recruiting, so if you have not entered, please 🚴 ♂️💨 hurry The secretariat is located at the Roadside Station Yachiho Highlands. * Entries are being accepted with the second QR code!

🌼🆕 Nagano Prefecture Sakuho Town Pamphlet 🌼 Hello 🌟 everyone This is the Nagano Prefecture Sakuho Town Tourism Association. The pamphlet of Sakuho Town, Nagano Prefecture has been renewed! 😸👏🏻👏🏻 From today, it is placed in the Sakuho Town Zone of Nagano Prefecture at the Roadside Station Yachiho Highlands Visitor Center, so please 🌼💫✨ feel free to take it In addition to Sakuho Town in Nagano Prefecture, we also handle pamphlets for Minamimaki Village, Kitaaiki Village, Minamiaigi Village, Koumi Town, and Kawakami Village. Please feel free to stop by ✨

[Notice of start of reservation for Komadeike campsite] Spring is almost here 🌸, although the cold days are still going on Today, reservations for "Komadeike Campground", a campsite in Sakuho Town, have 👏🏻 started First of all, reservations are made until the end of May, and it is 🌳🌳 a wonderful time for highlands plants such as azaleas, birches and fresh greenery of larch Information for the 2025 season is Open to the public on the Komadeike Campground Home page! Please take a look 🎶 🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️ [Start of reservation] March 5, 10:00 a.m. (Use reservation until May 31) *Please note that reservations will not be accepted by Phone until April 18. ⁡ [Business period] April 18 – November 24 * There are also plans with short business days such as cottages and bungalows. Business days: Friday, April 18, 2025 - Monday, November 24, 2025 * Check-out only on the last day Cottages and bungalows: from 21 April to 10 November Showers (Green Tree Auto Sanitary Building): 18 April to 3 November * The central shower building will be open until the last day. Reservation start date Reservations are available from 10:00 a.m. on March 5 to May 31 Reservations from 10:00 a.m. on April 5 to June 30 Reservations are available from 10:00 a.m. on May 5 to July 31 Reservations are made from 10:00 a.m. on June 5 to August 31 Reservations are available from 10:00 a.m. on July 5 to September 30 Reservations are available from 10:00 a.m. on August 5 to October 31 Reservations from 10:00 a.m. on September 5 to November 23 Please refrain from making tentative reservations. We will confirm if you are booking for 2 consecutive weeks or for 5 nights or more. Please note that if it is judged to be malicious, we may forcibly cancel it. ⚠︎Major changes for ⚠the 2025 season︎ ☑️Implementation of Komadeike Kayaking Events on Saturdays and Sundays from July to September * Held in regular Events that were popular at last year's KOMATSURI. Events where you can slowly go around Komade Pond, where all activities are usually prohibited. ☑️ Exclusive plan for reception on the day of solo camping is now available ☑️ Introduction of two-Room tents to rental tents * Snowpeak's Elfield will be available in limited quantities. Try the now-commonplace two-Room tent at an affordable price. ☑️ Maintenance of a path where you can walk around Komade Pond (planned) ☑️ Started [excursion service until you return] that can be used at Yachi Cafe in the Roadside Station Yachiho Highlands * One driver will receive Yatsugatake Original Blend Yachi Coffee at half price. Please drive safely while drinking delicious coffee before riding on the highway on the way home. Other, minor changes 🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️🌸🏕️

【The 5th Sakuho Town Flower Arrangement Exhibition】 A flower arrangement exhibition will be held in 🌷🌷 at the Oku Village Togyu Memorial Museum from tomorrow 22nd (Sat) ~ 24th (Mon) The participating schools are Hiroyama-ryu, Kodo-ryu, Koryu Matsufujikai, Sogetsu-ryu, and Ikebo! Enjoy 🌺🎶 the collaboration between the Taisho romantic building and fresh flowers ꧁————————————————————————————————꧂ Held in place: Oku Village Togyu Memorial Museum of Art Address: Sakuho Town, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture 1429-1 Hozumi Held in period: Saturday, February 22, 2025 ~ Monday, February 24, 2025 Held in Time: 9:30 a.m. ~ 5 p.m. Museum admission fee: 500 yen (400 yen) for adults, 300 yen (250 yen) for elementary and junior high school students * Fee for groups of 20 or more people in parentheses * It will be a common admission fee with the flower arrangement exhibition venue. Access: Hokuriku Shinkansen Sakudaira transfer, 1 minute walk from Yachiho Station on the JR Koumi Line 5 minutes by Car from Yachiho Highlands on the Chubu Transverse Road, 60 minutes by Car from Sudama IC on the Chuo Expressway ꧁————————————————————————————————꧂

【Tour de Yatsugatake 2025 Volunteer Staff Recruitment】 The "Tour de Yatsugatake" is a historic cycle Events Held in every 6 years and yellowtail in Nagano Prefecture's Sakuho Town! 🚴‍♀️✨ This reopening requires the help of volunteer staff. If you like rotating cars, Nature, or Yatsugatake, let's 🎶 get excited together We look forward to seeing you in Sakuho Town! 😸💫💫 ◆ Activity location Sakuho Town, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture Volunteer staff will be assigned to each position. The secretariat will contact you in advance. Example) Car parking lot staff = Gathering at each Car parking lot Chip collection staff = each goal point, etc. ◆ Necessary expenses free Lunch and participation souvenirs will be provided. * Please bear the transportation cost to the site. ◆ Activity days Sunday, April 13, 2025 ◆ Highlights Resumption of yellowtail in 6 years Events Impression cycle race You can feel the Nature of Yatsugatake ◆Subjects Adults, University Students, Professional Students, Seniors ◎ Application conditions ・ Those who can drive and move the Car by themselves - Those who can emphasize communication between staff and with participants ◎ Recommended for people like this ・ Those who like rotating cars ・ Those who like Nature ・ Those who like Yatsugatake It is an outdoor environment with low temperatures with residual snow. Please take measures and preparations such as protection from the cold. Cross-generational participation is welcome People of all ages will work together. Many people in their 30s are active in the secretariat. – – volunteer– ・ Start staff: Reception on the day, player guidance, etc. ・ Goal staff (half goal and full goal points): Measurement chip collection, player guidance, etc. ・ Water supply station staff: Water supply point correspondence ・ Car parking staff: Checking Car at the entrance, monitoring during the Held in of the tournament ・ Detention staff for abstentions: Assistance to accommodate abstainers and cars * Limited to those who are skilled in handling rotating cars – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Please scan the third QR code on the application form.

🌳🚲 Tour de Yatsugatake resumes 🚲🌳 After five years of warming, the Tour de Yatsugatake ✨ is making a new start this year We look forward to your participation! 🚴‍♂️☀️ ◇◇Points◇◇ ☑️ Elevation difference 1,087m Hill Climb Elevation Difference of 1,087m Cycle Race Across Seasons! ☑️ Snow Viewing Cycle Limited opening of sections that are closed in winter! Scenic race through birch groves and residual snow ☑️ Birch forest You can enjoy the stunning beauty of the scenery by riding while looking at the birch, which is said to be the most beautiful in No.1 in Japan – – – 《Schedule》 Sunday, April 13, 2025 《Held in》 Sakuho Town, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture Yachiho Highlands - Route 299 - 《Competition Events》 Hill Climb Bicycle Race 《Course Outline》 【Full Course】 Dream Forest (Elevation 1,040m) - Mugikusa Pass (Elevation 2,127m) Distance: 20.8km Elevation difference: 1,087m 【Half Course】 Yumenomori (Elevation 1,040m) - Yachiho Highlands Ski Resort (Elevation 1,625m) Distance: 11.4km Elevation difference: 585m 《Reception》 ・ Reception the day before (4/12) Location: Roadside Station Yachiho Highlands Outdoor Exchange Plaza (planned) * Those who register the day before will receive a 1,000 yen discount. ・Same-day reception (4/13) Location: Dream Forest: Starting point headquarters (tentative) * After reception, we will guide you to the location of the Car parking lot. 《Eligibility》 ○ Those who have the running ability to complete each course. ○ Participation under the age of 18 requires the consent of a parent or guardian. ○ Those who can comply with the tournament rules, traffic rules, and manners. ○ Those who have accepted the contents of the tournament rules. 《Capacity》 700 * There is no quota for each category. 《Application》 Application period: December 21, 2024 - March 16, 2025 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –– – – – – – – –