Title Lake Ashi Lounge

  • Kanagawa
Topic(s):
Nature/Ecology $SETTINGS_DB.genreMap.get($item) National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign App, QR code, etc.
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2020
Associated Tourism Board:
kankyosho kantochihokankyojimusho

芦ノ湖ラウンジ


芦ノ湖ラウンジは、箱根のシンボルである大きな湖に面した風景を楽しみながらリラックスできる場所です。窓のすぐ外には花の広場があり、春にはスミレや富士桜、5月と6月にはサンショウバラ(Rosa hirtula)、夏の後半には各種アザミなど、季節ごとにさまざまな花が咲きます。近くには、鳥の餌場があります。ツグミは、背中と羽が暗褐色で、白い腹に黒い点があります。イカルは灰色で頭が黒く、くちばしが明るい黄色です。

晴れた日には、景観の左手奥にそびえ立つ冠山が見えます。箱根の最も新しい山のひとつで、約3,000年前に大規模な火山噴火で隣接する神山の崩壊が引き起こされて形成されました。溶岩の流れにより、独特の形状の新しい頂きが形作られました。ラウンジの窓から見える冠山は、想像力を少し加えると、周囲を調べているクマのように見えます。山の斜面は茂みで覆われ、季節によって外観が変わり、春と夏に特に色鮮やかになります。


Lake Ashi Lounge


The Lake Ashi Lounge offers a place to relax while enjoying the landscape facing the large lake that is the symbol of Hakone. Immediately outside the windows is Hana no Hiroba (“Flower Field”), where different flowers bloom in every season, including violets and Fuji cherry blossoms in spring, sansho-bara (Rosa hirtula) roses in May and June, and various kinds of thistles later in summer. There is a bird-feeding station nearby. Winged visitors include the dusky thrush (tsugumi), distinguished by its dark brown back and wings and white belly with black dots, and the Japanese grosbeak (ikaru), which is gray with a black head and a bright yellow bill.

On a clear day, Mt. Kanmuri can be seen towering over the landscape on the far left. One of the newest mountains in Hakone, it was formed some 3,000 years ago, when a massive volcanic eruption caused the collapse of neighboring Mt. Kami. Flows of lava molded a new peak with a distinctive shape. Seen from the Lounge windows, and with a little imagination, Mt. Kanmuri looks like a bear surveying its lofty surroundings. The mountain’s brush-covered slopes change appearance with the seasons, turning especially colorful in spring and summer.


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