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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E:Shakunage/Mononugu no ike Pond course

∆Fireweeds and Sanroku Station
Roaming around the area full of alpine roses

An easy, gentle downslope course with Mononugu no ike Pond located not far from the starting point, which is a habitat for alpine dragonflies and forest green treefrogs. Sea of Azuma alpine roses and Hakusan alpine roses in spring give you an exciting momnet.
 
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♦Course Time(amount of time required:1hour/3.2km)
Shirane-kazan (volcano) Ropeway Sanroku Sta. -(10min) ≫ Mononugu no ike Pond -(50min) ≫ Mt. Tenguyama Rest House


♦The bloom time of alpine plants
May-Jun Jul-Aug    
   
Azuma alpine rose Thistle    

  [The bloom time of other alpine plants]
♦May-Jun
Snakeberry • Murasaki-yashiotsutsuji(rhododendron albrechtii) • Azuma alpine rose • Japanese azalea
♦Jun-Jul
Bunchberries • Goldthread • Hakusanshakunage(rhododendron brachycarpum) • Cotton grass
♦Jul-Aug
Dicentras • Kokinreika(Patrinia triloba) • Fireweeds
♦Aug-Sep
Northern Gentians(Gentiana triflora var. japonica)



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