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Hiraniwa Highland

Little knownBarely documented in English. This is the kind of place the site exists for.

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Hiraniwawhite birchrenge-tsutsujiKujihighland

岩手県 · Kuji

40.1122°N, 141.4920°E

Hiraniwa sits at eight hundred metres on the shoulder of Mt. Hiraniwa, on the boundary between Kuji and Kuzumaki, and it holds what is generally called the finest white birch stand in Japan — around 310,000 trees over roughly 370 hectares, with the road running four kilometres straight through the middle of them.

Driving it is the point. White trunks on both sides for four kilometres, changing completely between seasons: bare and snow-lit in winter, pale green in spring, and in early to mid June the understorey turns orange with renge-tsutsuji azaleas, which are the city flower of Kuji. There is a lodge with day bathing, a ski slope, a park golf course and a bullfighting ring where the highland's traditional bull matches are held.

基本情報

営業時間

Open access | Lodge and facilities keep their own hours

定休日: Open year-round

料金

Free | Lodge day bathing and facilities charged separately

ベストシーズン

Early–mid June for the azaleas | May for fresh green | Winter for snow among the birches

滞在目安

60–90 minutes

アクセス

アクセス情報

Yamagata-cho, Kuji, on Route 281 at around 800 m elevation on the boundary with Kuzumaki. By car from JR Kuji Station or from Kunohe IC. Free to visit. The birch stand covers about 370 hectares with roughly 310,000 trees and runs about 4 km along both sides of the road. Renge-tsutsuji azaleas flower in early to mid June. The Hiraniwa Sanso lodge offers day bathing, and there is a ski slope, park golf course and a bullring used for the highland's bull matches.

インサイダーガイド

**Drive it slowly.** Four kilometres of birch on both sides of Route 281. There are pull-ins; the road itself has no shoulder to speak of. **Early to mid June for the azaleas.** Orange renge-tsutsuji under white trunks, and it is the flower of Kuji city. The window is short. **Winter is the other season.** Bare white trunks against snow, on a road that is kept open. It is a completely different landscape from the summer one. **The bull matches are traditional.** Hiraniwa has a bullring and holds tsuki-ushi matches, in which bulls push against each other and are separated — quite unlike Spanish bullfighting. Dates are announced locally. **Day bathing at the lodge.** Hiraniwa Sanso has a bath open to non-residents, which makes the highland a stop rather than a drive-through.

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