Mt.Asahidake(旭岳2,290.9m)
=Taisetsuzan Volcanic Group=

 Guide
 The Daisetsuzan volcanic group is collectively called Daisetsuzan(大雪山)and is designated as a national park. This national park is located in the central part of Hokkaido. Asahidake is the highest peak in Hokkaido. A large caldera called Ohachidaira has been formed in the center of Daisetsuzan. The main mountains surrounding the caldera are as follows:
 Mt.Asahidake(旭岳)2,291m Mt.Kurodake(黒岳)1,984m Mt.Akadake(赤岳)2,078m Mt.midoridake(緑岳)2,019m Mt.hakuundake(白雲岳)2,230m
 Map of GSI  Map of Google  GPS track
Ascent: 2 hours 20 minutes, descent: 2 hours 10 minutes
 Take the gondola from Sanroku Station (山麓駅:1,100m at the base of the mountain) to Sugatami Station (姿見駅: 1,600m).
Foot of the mountain ropeway station
(山麓駅)
view of Mt.Asahidake
 There is a walking path around Sugatami Pond, and beautiful ponds are dotted around it.
Pond named Sugataminoike
(姿見の池)
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Tokachi mountain range
view of Red wall
Minois Dryad
(ジャノメチョウ:janomecho)
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Mt.chuubetudake(忠別岳)MT.tomurausiyama(トムラウシ山) Tokachi mountain range
Rock named kinkoiwa;Form such as safe
(金庫岩:kinkoiwa)
Rock named nisekinkoiwa(It is often mistaken for Kinkoiwa)
(ニセ金庫岩:nisekinkoiwa)
view of Red wall
View of Crater
Top of Mt.Asahidake
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Large caldera named ohachidaira
(御鉢平:ohachidaira)
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Inside the crater
Hutte asahidake-isimuro
(旭岳石室)
Pond named Sugataminoike
(姿見の池)
Psntstemon frutescens
(イワブクロ:iwabukuro)
Gentiana nipponica
(フデリンドウ:fuderindo)
Phyllodoce aleutica
(アオノツガザクラ:aonotugazakura)
Geum pentapetalum
(チングルマ:chinguruma)
Phyllodoce caerulea and Primula cuneifolia
(エゾツガザクラ:ezotugazakura)
Station sugatami of the ropeway
(姿見駅)

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