REPORT

The rainy season for the Kanto-Koshin region, which includes Hakuba, officially ended on 7/18 (Fri.), and we were treated to sunshine for the third day in a row on the morning of the Marine Day holiday. However, around 7:30 a.m., the Happo-One Nature Trail was mostly in the shade due to clouds moving in from the southwest. By the way, the central signboard pictured has been updated this summer, and what was once referred to as the “Mountain Climbing Route” or “Mountain Trail” is now officially labeled the “Ridge Line.”
[Ridge Line]

The name of the boardwalk course remains unchanged. The “Happo-One Nature Trail” refers specifically to the section stretching from the Kamaike Marsh to Happo-ike Sanso, along the Boardwalk Course, and up to the Happo-ike Pond. Being a three-day holiday during the summer break period, there was a large turnout of visitors today. A long line formed at the ticket counter at the gondola base station, and many families were seen along the relatively easy-to-walk wooden boardwalk.
[Happo-One Nature Trail・Boardwalk Course]

By the way, the “Hakuba Happo-One Stamp Rally” is being held from 7/19 (Sat.) to 10/19 (Sun.). Collect all seven digital stamps from checkpoints located along the trail between Usagidaira and Happo-ike Pond, and show them at the Yeti register counter on the Usagidaira Terrace to receive one of seven commemorative pins (pictured) and a completion certificate. You’ll also be entered into a drawing for a special edition pin.
[Cafeteria Yeti]

The area around Happo-ike Pond featured a refreshing, cool breeze, and there a mother from Kanagawa (pictured center) shared, “The day before yesterday we went to Iwatake, and yesterday we visited the Tsugaike Nature Park. We made it to Happo Pond today before the weather turned. It’s been a mountain-filled three-day weekend!” Her daughter (pictured, far right) also commented, “It was fun gliding over the packed snow. It felt like I was skating!”
[Happo-One Nature Trail・Happo-ike]

[Happo-One Nature Trail Opening Information]
*Period … 2025/5/31 (Sat.) – 6/1 (Sun.), 6/7 (Sat.) – 11/3 (Mon.)
*Hours … Happo Alpen Line: 7/12 – 7/13 and Weekdays from 7/22 open at 7:00am, 7/14 – 7/18 open at 7:30am, 7/19 – 7/21, 7/26, 7/27 open at 6:30am.
Kurobishi Line: 7/12, 7/13, 7/19, 7/20, 7/21, 7/26, 7/27 open at 4:30 am, 7/14 – 7/18 open 7:45am, Weekdays from 7/22 open at 7:15am.
*Fees … Happo Alpen Line Roundtrip / Adults JPY3,400, Elementary School Students JPY2,200 → Advance Discount Tickets: Adults JPY3,000, Children JPY1,850! (No need to exchange at the ticket window! You can proceed straight to the gondola.) Kurobishi Line Roundtrip / Adults JPY2,300, Elementary School Students JPY1,400.
(*One preschooler free with each paid adult. The second preschooler will be charged at the normal children’s rate.)

*Hakuba Happo-one will be reported 1－2times a week
*To Visitors Requesting Original Data of Our Photographs.

reported by Snownavi