樺小屋 避難小屋
The place
樺小屋 避難小屋 (Kaba-goya Hinan-goya, "Birch cabin - emergency shelter") in the Yatsugatake, Chino/Nobeyama area (Nagano/Yamanashi prefecture border, central Japan), at 1794 m altitude, Yatsugatake slope. Continuous Japan Yatsugatake cluster (batches 280-354). "Kaba" means birch, Betula ermanii, in Japanese. Hinan-goya emergency shelter ON the Yatsugatake (8 alpine summits, extinct Quaternary stratovolcanoes, last eruption 2500 BC), an area with Betula ermanii Erman's birch + Pinus pumila subalpine high-altitude dwarf pine + Rhododendron aureum akamugoke golden rhododendron endemic to the Japanese highlands + Ochotomys pika endemic to Yatsugatake, found nowhere else in the world except Hokkaido.
The setting
Yatsugatake Chino/Nobeyama Nagano/Yamanashi central Japan 1794 m, continuous cluster batches 280-354, Kaba-goya kaba birch Betula ermanii + Hinan-goya ON Yatsugatake 8 alpine summits extinct Quaternary stratovolcanoes 2500 BC, Betula ermanii/Pinus pumila subalpine/Rhododendron aureum akamugoke endemic highlands + Ochotomys pika endemic to Yatsugatake, nowhere else in the world except Hokkaido.
