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Chubu-Sangaku NP, Toyama
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The raichō in 雷鳥沢 means “thunder bird.” Tateyama folklore revered the ptarmigan as a divine messenger believed to protect people from fire and lightning—a protective meaning behind the campground’s namesake.
Before tents, pilgrims reached this plain by the old Tateyama worship trail called Ōbashiri-Kobashiri (“big run, little run”), which plunged down from the ridge into Raichōdaira. The campground lies across Jōdo Stream.
Beside the tents, the campground’s rest hut has an emergency role: expanded and upgraded in 2021–22, its roof was reinforced with aramid fiber to resist volcanic rocks if Tateyama erupts.
The campground reopened on April 20 in 2024, yet a notice said campers would pitch tents on snow until around mid-July. At Raichōsawa, “spring camping” can still mean a snowy tent floor.
Across Jōdo Stream, the broad Raichōdaira plain is known for a large colony of chinguruma (mountain avens). When they bloom, the neighboring basin becomes a natural alpine flower garden.
A botanical survey found flat, dry gravel around the campground office—but nearby, the Shōmyō River corridor shifts into alpine grassland, stream channels, wetlands, and small ponds: a surprising habitat mosaic.
