Adatara-yama in Fukishima-ken
Adatarayama is a vulcano 300 km north of Tokyo. The bus brings you
to 800 meter, and the summits of Adatarayama and the other neighbor
peaks are at 1700 meter. The east side of the mountain is covered by
deciduous forest, mainly beech, with a dwarf bamboo as
undergrowth. Higher up there are dwarf trees: pines, willows and
cherry. There are lots of small rivers and spectacular falls in June,
when the snow is still melting. The west side however is dramatically
different: barren vulcanic rocks with a fresh looking crater.
We were lucky with the weather: rainy season has begun, but, as seems
to be customary, the rainclouds are not higher than 1000 meters. We
had blue skies and a crystal clear view of distant valleys filled with
clouds.
The birds I saw this weekend June 7-8, 1996 at the higher levels included:
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Last modified: April 11, 1997.
Fer-Jan de Vries, ferjan@harl.hitachi.co.jp