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Oze’s mountain-opening ceremony rotates among host communities in Fukushima, Gunma and Niigata. When Hinoemata hosted it at Miike in 2024, the celebration included sake and red-bean rice.
The dates differ in the surviving accounts: a local history credits Hinoemata’s youth group with opening the trail from Miike in 1951, while a 1953 guidebook says it opened in 1952—and was barely more than a cleared track.
The climb from Miike to Mt. Hiuchi crosses 2 open wetlands, Hiromisawa Tashiro and Kumazawa Tashiro, on the steep north slope. These unexpectedly level, marshy basins interrupt the rocky ascent.
A small wetland called Sumotori Tashiro lies behind the shop at Miike. It’s an easy place to explore while waiting for the shuttle—no climb into the mountains required.
Miike Tashiro is protected by a 1,093-metre vegetation fence installed by Hinoemata Village. Conservation teams monitor the marsh’s plants, including species targeted for recovery.
On the Ura-Hiuchi trail from Miike toward Ozegahara, tiny Tenjin Tashiro is easy to walk past. On a clear day, Mt. Hiuchi’s twin summits rise dramatically above this small wetland.
The 9.6-kilometre road from Miike to Numayama Pass was completed in 1970 with Japan’s Self-Defense Forces’ cooperation. Ordinary vehicles are now barred, so visitors transfer to a shuttle at Miike.
