2023.6.30 Genya's exploration of the Northern Primeval Flower Garden

last time,Post your exploration of the Sarobetsu MarshGenya, who kindly helped us out, wrote an account of his exploration of the Northern Primeval Flower Garden in Nemuro, Hokkaido!

Now, please enjoy Genya's article!

230630 Northern Primeval Flower Garden by Genya

Cape Nosappu is the earliest cape in Japan where you can see the sunrise.

If the weather is good, we might be able to see the island that was once Japanese territory.

I decided to go and see the memorial facility.

We encountered beautiful nature, with the sea, lakes, rivers, marshes, and forests all crammed into a narrow peninsula just 30km long and 8km wide, like a miniature garden, and created some unexpected memories.

I would like to write a little about what happened at that time.

I had heard that Nemuro and Kushiro are foggy at this time of year, and as you can see in the photo, I encountered fog with visibility of about 100 meters on the road to Cape Nosappu.

I was surprised when a car suddenly appeared out of the white darkness ahead.

We visited Cape Nosappu, the easternmost point of Japan. On the cape, there was a memorial facility and a monument for the Northern Territories.

On the way back, we will drive along the opposite side of Nemuro Bay.

The visibility was much better than in the morning.

On both sides there was wilderness.

Halfway between the Onneppu River and Nokkamap, there was a signboard that read "One of the Top Ten Views of Nemuro: Northern Primeval Flower Garden."

This is a primeval flower garden covering an area of approximately 75 hectares, located on the Nemuro Bay side of the Nemuro Peninsula. 

Many flowers bloom here, including irises and orange day lilies.

It is characterised by the variety of flowers and the long blooming period.

The forest is visible in the distance.

It is a wind-swept forest of Mizunara oak trees that have grown with their trunks bent due to the harsh natural conditions. The trees are said to be over 100 years old.

There is a boardwalk so you can take a walk. There are ponies grazing here. There are three of them in the photo.

The red flowers are rose hips

The boardwalk continues to the end of the marshland

Beyond the Kitakata Primeval Flower Garden and just before Meiji Park was a marshland grassland, with the shape of a marsh that resembled the marsh I had drawn while touring the marshes.

Beyond the marsh there was a windswept forest surrounding the houses.

Exposed to strong winds blowing in from the sea and ice and snow, the trees cooperate with each other for the sake of people, enduring the harsh elements and welcoming the coming of spring.

It is said to be Mizunara oak.

summary

Lakes, rivers, marshes, forests...

Nemuro was a place that displayed a diverse natural environment.

From spring to summer, this area is covered in fog and the temperature does not rise, so even though it is on flat land, the climatic conditions are similar to those of an alpine area, and you can see plants and trees that grow and inhabit subalpine areas.

The forest that can be seen beyond the plains is a "Mizunara Wind-blown Forest," designated as a cultural property (natural monument) of Nemuro City.

I was able to see the face of nature that I had never noticed before, its origins, the human connections that have led to it, and even the breadth of its current form, even if I didn't go deep enough.

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