Daisetsu Kogen Onsen Brown Bear Information Center
DAISETSU KOGEN ONSEN BROWN BEAR INFORMATION CENTER
Course map
Mikasa Shindo
Brown Bear Information Center
(climb entrance)
Daisetsu Kogen Onsen
Round trip to Midori-numa: Approximately 2 hours
Round trip to Kogenuma Marsh: Approximately 4 hours
Course lap: Approximately 7km, 5 hours
Estimated round-trip time for the course
Yanbe Junction
Soranuma
Takahara Marsh
University Swamp
Green Swamp
Mikasa Junction
Advanced course
Before entering the mountain, please receive a lecture at the "Brown Bear Information Center" regarding brown bear activity and trail usage.
If you have no issues with the lecture content, please check the entry form before departure.
Course opening hours
[Entry time]
7:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Descend to the brown bear information center by 15:00.
[Time to descend the mountain]
[Final descent time at each location]
・Takahara Marsh 13:00
・University Swamp 13:30
・Midori-numa 14:00
Places where you can eat
・Midori Swamp
University Swamp
・ Kogen Marsh
Please refrain from eating anywhere other than these three locations.
Using stoves or other open flames for boiling water or cooking is prohibited at all points along the course, as the resulting odors may attract brown bears.
There are no toilets on the course. Please bring a portable toilet. (A portable toilet collection box is located next to the center.)
There is no cell phone reception around the brown bear center or within the course.
The area surrounding the course is a habitat for brown bears.
To avoid sudden encounters and prevent accidents with brown bears, and to coexist with them,
It's important to learn about brown bears and act in accordance with the rules.
They ring bells and whistles,
Let your presence be known.
What brown bears eat
Please take it home instead of throwing it away.