Kusatsu Onsen

Kusatsu Onsen
The best loved hot spring in Japan.


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Hiking Trail List
A Mt. Shirane/Yugama Viewing course
B Yoshigadaira Nature Trail course,
Jofu no taki Fall (for advanced hikers) course
C Motoshirane course
D Fukihara no ike Pond course
E Shakunage/Mononugu no ike Pond course
F Sessho/Bandaiko course,
Mt. Sekison/Kusatsu Nature Trail course
G For Ousen Falls course
   
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B:Yoshigadaira Nature Trail course and Jofu no taki Fall (for advanced hikers) course
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∆Town view from the course

  Enjoy relaxing time in the pond-dotted Wetland area

Yoshigadaira is a special area of Joshinetsu Kogen National Park, where about 300 different kinds of plants are grown wild. It is one of the best hiking courses in Kusatsu with Taihei Wetland and Jofu no taki fall nearly located.
 
 
♦Course Time(amount of time required: 3hours/8km)
Mt. Shirane Rest House -(60min) ≫ Yoshigadaira Wetland -(120min) ≫ Mt. Tenguyama
∇Kakusa-(for One way720m • 30min)
Jofu no taki Fall


♦The bloom time of alpine plants
Jun-Jul Sep-Oct    
   
Hakusanshakunage
(rhododendron brachycarpum)
Kuromamenoki
(Vaccinium uliginosum)
   

  [The bloom time of other alpine plants]
♦May-Jun
Japanese azalea
♦Jul-Aug
Sundews, Noriutsugi(Hydrangea paniculata), cotton grass, Iwanashi(Epigaea asiatica)



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