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Warmer Weather, Blue Skies, and Beautiful Sunrises 
| April 23, 2013 | Events | 45th Kamikochi Opening Ceremony was held. | The 45th Kaizan-sai festival was held on April 27th. People enjoyed the tones of horn that tells you the opening of Kamikochi area and cheers with Omiki, the Japanese sake, to celebrate and pray for the climbers' safety. |
| April 19, 2013 | Info | Public transportation to Kamikochi reopen | Public transportation to Kamikochi reopen today as planned. Some hotels around the Park are also restarting their service for the tourists. After the Opening Ceremony on April 27th, at that time, you will find almost all hotels and shops are prepared for you. |
| November 15, 2012 | Events | Closing Ceremony of Kamikochi was held | Kamikochi was closed on November 15th, and there was a ceremony to show the end of climbing season. Under the snow, over 300 people gathered at Kappa-Bashi and thank for this years’ safe and pray for the next year. Tourists got hot Omiki, which is a sacred sake, and for warmth. The prefectural road to Kamikochi is closed with vehicular traffic from 16th of November to mid-April of 2013. |
| November 2, 2012 | Weather | First Snow on Kamikochi | Kamikochi had the first snow of this year on 1st of November.It was a mixture of snow and rain, and compare to the last year, it was a couple of days late snow. You can see the Kappa-Bashi covered with white layer. |
| October 9, 2012 | Events | Ofune Matsuri was held on Oct 8th | One of the main annual events on Kamikochi, Ofune Matsuri was held on Oct 8th. It was held at Myojin-ike, the two boats which are decorated as a dragon and a white bird make a round-trip around the pond. People on the ships wore Heian-era costumes, which are ceremonial kimono, and played the Japanese traditional music for the god. People there enjoyed the scene like the old picture scroll. |
| October 8, 2012 | Weather | First snow on Mt.Hotaka | There was snow on saddleback of Tsurione on October 7th.Now, only the climber that is well-equipped can be allowed to climbMt.Okuhotaka and Mt. Kita-hotaka. |