白崩避難小屋
The place
白崩避難小屋 (Shirokuzure Hinan-goya, "White Collapse Emergency Hut") in the Northern Japan Alps, Ōmachi/Hakuba area (Nagano Prefecture, central Japan), at 1443 m altitude, on the Shirouma-dake 2932 m slope. Continuous Japan Northern Alps cluster (batches 280-351). Hinan-goya emergency shelter in the Northern Japan Alps Kita Alps "roof of Japan", zone with Betula ermanii Erman's birch + Pinus pumila subalpine dwarf pine + Rhododendron aureum akamugoke golden rhododendron endemic to the Japanese alpine plateau + Lagopus mutus tarmacaneous rock ptarmigan endemic to alpine Japan, a relict of the last Würm glaciation, rare with 800 individuals + Asian brown bear Ursus arctos yesoensis Hokkaido population, a Northern Japan relict + Yamagatari cryptozoological yeti legend, recent 20th-century sightings.
The setting
Northern Japan Alps Ōmachi/Hakuba Kita Alps Nagano central Japan 1443 m Shirouma-dake 2932 m, continuous cluster batches 280-351, Hinan-goya emergency shelter Kita Alps roof of Japan, Betula ermanii/subalpine Pinus pumila/Rhododendron aureum akamugoke endemic to the alpine plateau + Lagopus mutus tarmacaneous ptarmigan endemic to alpine Japan Würm relict 800 rare + Ursus arctos yesoensis Hokkaido Northern Japan relict + Yamagatari cryptozoological yeti 20th century.
