SightSeeing

green season

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  Sunshine Trail

  The Sunshine Trail, with its magnificent scenery and abundant nature, is a beginner-friendly trail course with moderate difficulty.

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  Onuma Pond

  Onuma Pond, located at an elevation of approximately 1,500 meters, is a lake with a distinctive emerald green surface. Walking along the 2.5-km trail around the lake, you will be soothed by the seasonal highland scenery and clean air.

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  Higashidateyama Alpine Garden

  It is a 27-minute drive from the hotel.
  At the 2000-meter-high Higashidateyama Alpine Botanical Garden, diverse alpine plants bloom prettily, and the beautiful scenery is soothing in each of the four seasons.

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  Tanohata Marshland

  It takes about 25 minutes by car from the hotel.
  In early summer, white ears of cotton grass softly spread across the Tanohara Marshland, and you can enjoy encounters with the rich nature of the four seasons on the quiet walking path.

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  Biwa Pond

  It takes about 20 minutes by car from the hotel.
  At Biwa Pond, surrounded by tranquility, the mountains of the four seasons are reflected on the surface of the lake, and the clean air and a walk along the lakeside will soothe your body and soul and give you a sense of peace and tranquility.

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  Okojo

  In the Shiga Kogen Plateau from early summer to summer, encounters with the brown, summer-haired ocotillo are a fascinating sight. Their lovely appearance in the fresh alpine breezes is heartwarming.

Jigokudani Yaen-Koen

This is the only place in the world where you can see wild bathing monkeys. In the Jigoku-dani Onsen, there is an open bath especially for monkeys called “Yaen-Koen” where you can watch Japanese monkeys as they groom each other.

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