Oze
Hiking
Guide

EnglishEquipment and clothes
Headgear
Wear a hat with chinstrap
to avoid being blown off bywind.

ItemSack
Use a rucksack with thickshoulder straps that fits
your back.

Wear a long-sleevedand collared shirt.
Button-through typeis better.

Underwear

Pants
Wear long pants if you can.
Jeans become heavy and are
hard to dry when they get
wet, so don't wear jeans.

Gloves●●Long-sleeved shirt●●

Sweater/Fleece●●

Protections against cold
(down jacket, etc.)

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Pants

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●Socks●●Hat●●Gloves●●Spats△△Changing clothes○●

Climbing shoes●●

Sack (including sack cover)●●Poles○○Rainwear●
ItemMap and compass●●

Wear those which canprotect your ankles.

Water bottle●●

Garbage bag●●

Towel, handkerchief and tissue paper●●

Folding umbrella

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Memo paper and writing tools●●

Climbing shoes

Sunglasses△△

Wear those which don't slip on wet boardwalks
but have slightly soft soles and grip performance.
Pay attention to the soles of old shoes, which canfall off easily. When you climb Mt. Shibutsu or Mt.
Hiuchi, wear middle-cut or high-cut climbing shoesthat can protect up to your ankles.

Knife

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Eating utensils○○

Rain gear
In order to be able to navigate comfortably stay
calm even in the rain, rainwear and sack covers
are must-carry items. Rainwear of a separate
type made of waterproof-breathable fabric is better.

Stove

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Headlamp (including spare batteries)●●

Bear-avoiding bell

(Make consideration at places
where the bell is unnecessary.)●

Emergency food●●First-aid kit●●Small money (for tip toilets)●●

Portable toilets△△

Health insurance card●●Sack

公益財団法人 尾瀬保護財団

Oze Preservation Foundation

Welcome to Oze National Park

Areas of Oze National ParkOshimizu（30-minute bus travel and a 120-minute walk to Lake Ozenuma: Intermediate）

Route 2

Numata IC, Kan-Etsu Expressway ➡ National Route 120 ➡
National Route 401 ➡ Tokura, Katashina Village ➡ Oshimizu❶

Nishinasuno-Shiobara IC, Tohoku Expressway
Route 121 ➡ National Route 352 ➡ Miike➡

National Route 400➡

National❷

Aizuwakamatsu IC, Ban-Etsu Expressway
Route 121 ➡ National Route 352 ➡ Miike➡

National Route 118➡

National❸

Koide IC, Kan-Etsu Expressway

Koriyama
JCTAizubange IC
252

289

289

252

KoideIC
NumataIC
Takasaki
JCTFujioka
JCT60

minutes289

Kozo-daira

Okutadami
Dam352

4352
121
400

Miike 352

TohokuNumayama- Expressway
toge Pass
Tokura121
HatomachiOshimizu
toge Pass
401
120

120

Nikko

121

NishinasunoShiobara
IC

Hatomachitoge Pass
Jomo-Kogen

Tsurugashima JCT

RailwayBus

minutesminutes

Asakusa Station

Okutadami Dam

AboutTobu Railway

Lake Okutadami Pleasure Boat

minutes

180

120

590

About

About40

minutes*Service in June to October
By advance reservation only

minutes

AizukogenOzeguchi StationTokuraOzeguchi

Bus

About

minutes*Service in May to Octoberminutes*Service in June to October
By advance reservation only

120

Nikko
Tobu-Nikko
Shimo-Imaichi

Utsunomiya

TohokuShinkansen

About

minutes*Service in late April to Octoberminutes*Service in late April to OctoberHatomachi-toge Pass

Oshimizu

About

Bus

minutes*Service in late May to October

20

MiikeBus

2030

Walk

minutes*Service in late June to October

60

Walk

About

minutes（Beginner）

Numayama-toge PassWalk
About70

About

120

minutesminutes（Beginner）（Intermediate）
Omiya

60

About

About

Tobu
Railway

Bus

About

Aizukogen-Ozeguchi

Takasaki

90

About

Bus25

Joetsu Shinkansen

Kita-Kanto Expressway

Urasa Station

About

About

JR LineUtsunomiya
ICUeno Station

Jomo-Kogen Station

Bus

Koide
Miike
Urasa
NumayamaOzeguchi
Ginzantoge Passdaira
Tokura Oshimizu
Lake Okutadami
Oze National Park
Pleasure Boat

118

Tadamiminutes

8Bus

Okutadami Dam

118

minutes

Miike

Aizuwakamatsu
IC
To Sendai

Ozegahara MarshLake Ozenuma

UenoTokyo
Asakusa

Ken-O Expressway
Oizumi
JCTNerima IC

GaikanExpressway
Kawaguchi
To Tokyo JCTManners in Oze

Spring (Mid-May to June)•When
the remaining snow in the marshes
disappears, mizubasho starts to bloom.
The flowers blooming in the hay-colored
marshes looks like white fairies flying
down into the marsh. The mizubasho
in Ozegahara Marsh, backed by Mt.
Shibutsu with the remaining snow, is oneof the natural landscapes representing
Japan. Moreover, a lot of flowers, including ryukinka (marsh marigold) starts
to bloom.

ous flowers bloom. Nikkokisuge, representing Oze in summer, blooms asamazing communities in Ozegahara
Marsh and Oe Marsh around Lake Ozenuma. Moreover, alpine flowers including ozeso (Japonolirion osense) in Mt.
Shibutsu and hakusankozakura in Mt.
Aizukoma start to bloom.

summer to autumn•Late(Mid-August to October)
After the flowery summer season ends,
autumn flowers, including ezorindo(Gentiana triflora var. japonica), as
well as“kusa-momiji,”or shiny golden
grass, turning colors peak in the marshes. Surrounding mountains also turncolor and receive the first snow soon.
In October, lodges suspend business,and the long and hard winter season
comes in Oze.

Oze Preservation Foundation
1-1-1 Ote-machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma, 371-8570
TEL 027-220-4431 FAX 027-220-4421

2020.3⑦ Use restrooms appropriately.

In order to protect marshes, don't step intoa marsh off a boardwalk, set your tripod
in a marsh when your take photos, or put
your foot on a marsh in a sitting position
on a boardwalk or around a rest house.

②Do not remove animals and plants.
In order to maintain the ecosystem andpreserve the natural landscapes in Oze,removal of animals and plants is prohibitedby law. Moreover, don't pick up a branch touse as a cane or pick up fallen leaves.

③ Take your garbage home with you.
Littering or leaving garbage is regulated inOze. There are no disposal points in Oze,so take your garbage home with you.

④ Do not bring pets.
Pets may become a threat to wild animals living
in Oze or transmit infectious diseases. Moreover, they can bother other visitors.

⑤ Prevent intrusion by alien species.
登山口

Oze Official Instagram(@discoveroze)

Protect and enjoy everyone's Oze together① Do not step onto marshes.

(July to early August)•ThisSummer
is the brightest season when vari-

Mt. Tashiro/Mt. Taishaku area➡

Publictransportation*Though depending on the location, snow
may remain during this season.

Mt. Aizukoma area

National Route 352

CarAlso in order to be prepared for the possibility of falls, do not carry a handbag,
but a rucksack that can be held on your shoulders. In order to reduce the burden on your shoulders, fit your rucksack to your body by adjusting the belts.

Oze area (Lake Ozenuma)➡

Joetsu Shinkansen

AboutAbout

Miike（20-minute bus travel and a 70-minute walk to Lake Ozenuma: Beginner）

Route 3

Railway

Joetsu Shinkansen

Kan-Etsu Expressway

Seasons in Oze

As represented by mizubasho (Asian skunk cabbages), which comes out in wetlands when the thaw progresses, and nikkokisuge (Nikko day lily) whose vivid
yellow color shines in wetlands when the surrounding mountains become green,a lot of beautiful flowers bloom over Oze. The natural environment in Oze, represented by beautiful flowers, is not created until the mountains, lakes and marshes, rivers, forests, and animals living there are combined, which is invaluable andirreplaceable. Although about 130 years have passed since Mr. Hirano Chozo
established Oze, the natural environment in Oze has been preserved keeping thebeauty, so it is said“Oze is the symbol of natural conservation in Japan.”In Oze, the natural environment, which shows different expressions according to
the season, and everything surrounding it fascinate us.

Tokyo Station

Numata IC, Kan-Etsu Expressway ➡ National Route 120 ➡ National Route 401 ➡ Tokura,Katashina Village ➡ Hatomachi-toge Pass
*Traffic regulation dates: Tokura, Takashina Village (Parking at the Oze-daiichi parking space)➡
30-minute bus travel ➡ Hatomachi-toge Pass●

● Essentials ○ Handy if you wear/bring△ To be prepared depending on season or course

Public transportation

Hatomachi-toge Pass（A 60-minute walk to Ozegahara Marsh: Beginner）

Route 1

Day trip Lodging

Climbing shoes

toothpaste is not allowed.)

Oze area (Ozegahara Marsh)●

List of what to bring

Wear thin and soft gloves.

Toiletries (The use of soap andOze National Park, straddling the four prefectures of Gunma, Fukushima, Niigata and Tochigi,
is composed of the following three areas: 1)“Ozearea” constituted of the extensive Ozegahara
Marsh, Lake Ozenuma, and beautiful mountains
representing Japan such as Mt. Shibutsu and Mt.
Hiuchi, 2)“Mt. Aizukoma area”with Mt. Aizukoma, in which hakusankozakura (Primula cuneifolia var. hakusanensis) blooms over marshes
around the summit, and 3) “Mt. Tashiro/Mt.
Taishaku area”constituted of Mt. Tashiro whosesummit marsh is well known and Mt. Taishaku,in which you can find a community of osabagusa(Pteridophyllum).

Day trip Lodging

Underwear (quick-dry)

AccessCar

List of what to wear

Shirt

Wear underclothes
made of quick-drying
fabric.

AccessPrevent alien species intrusion by scraping themud off your shoes using the mat to remove
seeds at the trailhead. If an alien species
intrudes in a marsh, plants originally living in
the marsh will be threatened.

⑥ Do not stray from boardwalks or trails.
Don't stray from boardwalks or trails to step onto marshes or vegetation at theside of a trail. Keep to the right and the ascending person has the right of way on
boardwalks and trails. No smoking while walking.

Maintenance of public restrooms in mountains requires considerable labor, souse the restrooms appropriately for subsequent visitors, using the provided
toilet paper. We request your cooperation with donation to the donation box at
the entrance of a public restroom, to get visitors to bear part of the cost.

⑧ Observe designated camping areas.
Observe designated camping areas. Camping outside the designated areas isnot allowed.

⑨ Fires are not permitted.
Fires are not permitted. Use stoves at safe places where trouble cannot be caused.

⑩ Do not throw coins.
Throwing coins into a pond or river is nothing but a nuisance to the natural environmentin Oze. We ask you to kindly put coins in thedonation boxes if you throw coins at all.

⑪ Bring portable toilet facilities withyou when you climb the mountain.
There are no restrooms in Mt. Shibutsu andMt. Hiuchi, so bring portable toilet facilities
sold in stands at the trailhead with you.

⑫ Cap the tips of your poles.
In order not to damage boardwalks andtrails, use pole caps.

Oze National Park is designated as Special Protection Zone and Special
Zone by the Natural Parks Act, and the ecosystem and landscapes arestrictly conserved. In addition, it is designated as a national special naturaltreasure because it has high academic value, which requires high-standard
preservation as a precious cultural site. Moreover, Oze is a registeredwetland under the Ramsar Convention, so living things, including migratory
birds, as well as the precious ecosystem in Oze, are internationally protected.