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Joshin’etsukogen NP, Gunma
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On the first Sunday in July, the center hosts Tanigawadake’s mountain-opening celebration. In 2026, the safety prayer began at 4 a.m., alongside a candle tower, pork soup and rice balls.
Free dome-shaped VR lets visitors experience rafting in filmed Minakami scenery or take an eagle’s-eye flight over the mountains—a vivid preview of the wild landscapes outside.
The center highlights hosoba-hina-usuyukiso, a rare alpine flower found on serpentine ground around Tanigawadake and Oze’s Mt. Shibutsu. Gunma’s red-data book records it at just 12 sites in the prefecture.
The mountain history presented at the center reaches beyond recreational climbing: the first recorded modern traverse of Tanigawadake, in 1920, followed paths used by mountain ascetics and hunters.
The center projects changing seasons and weather onto a physical model of Tanigawadake, turning the mountain’s shifting conditions into a miniature show you can watch indoors.
When the center opened in 2021, its learning room included nature books and a microscope, so visitors could investigate puzzling things they had noticed outdoors—not just read about them on a display.
The one-story center uses Minakami-grown cedar and hinoki. Its energy features include 3.4 kW of solar power, a 5.6 kWh battery, an EV charger and electricity sourced as 100% renewable.
