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Jun. 26, 2024

[Image1]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image2]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image3]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image4]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image5]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image6]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image7]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image8]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image9]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image10]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image11]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image12]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image13]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image14]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image15]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image16]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image17]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image18]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image19]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

[Image20]Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stre

Shinshu Kankōchi Suwa!!!

Around Suwa lies the Kirigamine Highlands, where gentle rolling terrain stretches from Kurumayama to Washigamine.
In late June, alpine plants such as azaleas (Renge tsutsuji), daylilies (Nikkō kisuge), and scabious (Matsumushi-sō) paint the green meadows in vibrant colors. You can also enjoy sweeping views of Japan’s famous peaks, including Mt. Fuji, the Japanese Alps, and the Yatsugatake Range.
The area generates strong updrafts favorable for glider flight, and Kirigamine is known as the birthplace of gliding in Japan.

Kirigamine contains the “Three Great Kirigamine Wetlands.” Together, Kurumayama, Yashimagahara Wetland, and Ikeno Kurumi Odoriba Wetland host more than 400 subalpine plant species year-round.
They are designated a National Natural Monument and are wetlands rare even on a global scale.

In early summer you can see the renge azaleas in bloom, their vivid orange flowers at their most beautiful.
In summer, as in the photo, the Nikkō kisuge daylilies come into full bloom 🌼. Most of the photos were kindly provided by staff at our Kirigamine Nature Conservation Center.
This year the blossoms may appear a little earlier than usual. Thanks to local Kirigamine caretakers, deer damage seems reduced, so this could be an exceptional season.

Why not breathe in the clear, nature-filled highland air of Suwa and visit to refresh your body and mind?

※ The photos are from 2023.

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