Have you ever seen a sea of clouds?
Shiga Kogen is one of the famous places for sea of clouds. If weather conditions are favorable, visitors can enjoy a magnificent sea of clouds. The summits through a gap in the clouds looks like islands in the sea.
“Unkai” sea of clouds
Best season : Autumn
Best hour : Early morning and evening
Best condition : Next morning after a rainy day, Less windy day
Taki-gumo : A phenomenon in which a sea of clouds flows down like a waterfall over a mountain ridge.
A sea of clouds at sunset : Mt.Yokoteyama is selected as one of the 100 sunset view points in Nagano. If you are lucky, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sea of clouds reddened at sunset.
Bring your camera and a tripod and try to capture the sea of clouds with stars shining through.
View points
Mt.yokoteyama summit
Yokoteyama drive-in parking
Mt.Higashitateyama summit
Ichinose Panorama parking
