Mitagahara from Mount Okudainichi 1994-10-10

is a wetlands located near Tateyama in

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to th ...

, in Japan. the remaining 80,000 ha of wetlands have been designated a

Ramsar Site A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,8 ha (O) *** Permanent 8 ha (P) *** Seasonal Intermittent < 8 ha(Ts) ** Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route The is a mountain sightseeing route between Tateyama, Toyama and Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan. Opened on June 1, 1971, it is long, with a difference in elevation of as much as . The Alpine Route goes through Tateyama in the Hida Mountains with ...

Geography

Midagahara is 2km of Horizontal length and 4km of vertical length. Midagahara is a lava plateau formed by

Tateyama volcano Tateyama may refer to: People with the surname * Midori Tateyama, Japanese writer * Shohei Tateyama (born 1981), Japanese baseball player * Yoshinori Tateyama (born 1975), Japanese baseball player * Homarefuji Yoshiyuki (born 1985), Japanese sumo w ...

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Biota

There are Dactylorhiza aristata, Paris japonica,

Lysichiton camtschatcensis ''Lysichiton camtschatcensis'', common name Asian skunk cabbage, white skunk cabbage, Far Eastern swamp lantern or Japanese swamp lantern, is a plant found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Kamchatka Peninsula, ...

Daylily A daylily or day lily is a flowering plant in the genus ''Hemerocallis'' , a member of the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae. Despite the common name, it is not in fact a lily. Gardening enthusiasts and horticulturists have long ...

Facility

There are some Hotels. File:Kokumin-shukusha Tateyamaso, zenkei.jpg, TATEYAMA SOU of National youth hostels File:Midagahara Hotel, zenkei.jpg, Midagahara Hotel File:Midagahara (Tateyama), bun stop.jpg, Midagahara bus stop

Access

There are Midagahara bus stops between

Bijodaira Station is a funicular station in Tateyama, Nakaniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is borde ...

and

Murodō Station is a trolleybus station in Tateyama, Toyama, Japan. It is situated on the Murodō Plateau, 2,400 m above sea level. Murodō is the main station providing access to the Japanese Alps, including Mount Tate and Mount Tsurugi. Lines * Tateyama ...

on Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. Private cars aren't allowed to pass in Midagahara to protect the environment.

References

External links

Tateyama kurobe Geopark