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Walking Map: Around Nigorigo Onsan and Mt. Ontake

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  • Ontake Panorama Ground
    Ontake Panorama Ground
    Ontake Panorama Ground is located at an altitude of 1,700 meters. It offers an all-weather, 400-meter track with six lanes, and 500-meter woodchip running trail. It is the first and fully-equipped high altitude training facility in Japan.
  • Nigorigo Hot Spring Kogen Sports Recreation Center
    Nigorigo Hot Spring Kogen Sports Recreation Center
    Hida Ontake Kogen Highland Training Area is registered as one of the two high attitude training sites for national teams in Japan by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. This recreation center is one of the training facilities.
  • Zaimokudaki Waterfall
    Zaimokudaki Waterfall
    The starting point for Zaimokudaki Waterfall trail is located on a slope on the way to the Panorama Ground from the Recreation Center. Please follow the blue flags when you walk on a Hida-Osaka waterfall walking trail. Some parts of Zaimokudaki Waterfall trail are very steep so this trail is only suitable for fit walkers. When you arrive at the dynamic Zaimokudaki Waterfall (23 meters high), you will be refreshed by a rain of mist!
  • Primeval Forest Walking Trail
    Primeval Forest Walking Trail
    This one-kilometer trail stretches through a sub-alpine primeval forest. It has three starting points: near the junction of the streets to the Recreation Center and to Nigorigo Onsan town, in front of the Cottage Hyute Mori-no-Nakama, and near the starting point of the climbing trail to Mt. Ontake. Please park at a town-operated parking lot nearby if you come by car.
  • Hinotaki Waterfall
    Hinotaki Waterfall
    Hinotaki is a splendid and dynamic straight waterfall with a height of 20 meters. The trail stretches 80 meters through the trees starting next to the Cottage Hyute Mori-no-Nakama and finishing at the observatory. *Note: No parking lots are available at the observatory. Please park a town-operated parking lot nearby.
  • Shiraitonotaki Waterfall
    Shiraitonotaki Waterfall
    Shiraitonotaki Falls, literally meaning “a waterfall of white threads”, is located at Yunotani Gorge where the springs of NigorigoOnsen burst forth. You can get a distant view from the street.
  • Sennindaki WaterfallSennindaki Waterfall
    Sennindaki, with a height of 30 meters, is said to have been a training place for practitioners of Ontake-kyo (a Shinto sect) long ago. Walk 500 meters from the starting point of the climbing trail of Mt. Ontake, then turn left towards Sennindaki, and walk along the trail for a few minutes.
  • Town-operated outdoor onsen facility
    Town-operated outdoor onsen facility
    The facility offers only outdoor baths. You can enjoy onsen after climbing or during your day trip.

  • Sample Spring and its Components (exerpt)

    Spring name: Mixed spring water of Ei-sengen (source name)
    (Mixed spring water of town-owned G spring, NigorigoOnsen, and town-owned spring)
    Contains sodium, calcium, magnesium, bicarbonate, and sulfate

    Benefits:neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulder, motor paralysis, stiff joint, contusion, twisted joint, chronic digestive diseases, hemorrhoid, excessive sensitivity to cold, recovery from illness, soothing effect, health enhancement, cut, burn, chronic skin diseases and arteriosclerosis

    Features

    The water temperature of the spring source is high at more than 50 degrees celsius. Onsen water keeps running directly from the spring source without being heated or mixed with other water. Water at the spring source is colorless and transparent but it turns yellowish brown and cloudy once it is exposed to air.

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Event

10/12(土)17:00～10/13(日)17:00 県道441号の一部区間交通規制(予定)のお知らせ
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2024.08.30

October 12th (Sat) 5:00pm to October 13th (Sun) 5:00pm: Announcement of traffic restrictions (planned) on some sections of Prefectural Route 441

Due to the NORTH ONTAKE ULTRA&FULL, a section of Prefectural Route 441 will be closed (scheduled) during the period listed below.

 

For climbers of Mt. Ontake and those using the Nigorigo Onsen area, we ask that you take a detour via National Route 361, Ryuran Pass area, or Prefectural Route 435.

Please note that the Nigorigo Onsen area is also part of the course.
Please be considerate of runners as they will be running on the surrounding roads.
We apologize for any inconvenience, and appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

 

■ Restriction period
Saturday, October 12th, 5:00pm – Sunday, October 13th, 5:00pm

 

■Event Dates
Saturday, October 13th, 3:00am – 7:00pm

 

■Contact Information

DAISEI Co., Ltd. Tourism Public Relations Division
TEL: 0576-62-2570 (Weekdays 9:00-16:00)

↑The blue line is the detour

【10/13(日)】NORTH ONTAKE ULTRA&FULLを開催します
event

2024.08.30

[October 13th (Sunday)] NORTH ONTAKE ULTRA&FULL will be held

An ultramarathon (100km) and full marathon (42.195km) will be held for the first time, taking advantage of Japan’s greatest elevation difference (the m

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