Mt. Mate

Mother Tree

Yuyu Forest

Mutsuiwasaki

JR Gono Line

To Ajigasawa

Shirakami JunikoEco Museum

AwoneShirakami Juniko

Aoike PondJuniko Refresh Village

Mt. Kuzure

Mt. Omine

Mt. Shirakami

Mt. Mukaishirakami

Tayu PeakSazanai Dam

Okuzure939.9ｍ

1,020ｍ

841.1ｍ

1,231.9ｍ

1,243ｍ

1,163.6ｍ

848.0ｍ

925.5ｍ

957.6ｍ

764.4ｍ

829.1ｍ

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1：50,0003,000 4,000m

Sazanai River

Oirase River

Akaishi River

YunosawaRiver

OsawaRiver

OkawaRiver

Juniko Course

Futamata Course

Mt. Shirakami MountainTrail Rest Hut

Juniko CourseAoike Pond Okuzure

Mt. Omine

Junction

Futamata Course Junction

The Last Watering Hole

Mt. Shirakami Mountain TrailStarting Point

Omakoshi Tunnel

To Happo, Akita Prefecture

Mt. Shirakami

Mt. Kuzure

EmergencyShelter

1 hr 15 min

2 hr 30 min

20 min

1 hr

1 hr

2 hr20 min

1 hr 2 hr 30 min（steep climb）

45 min

50 min

3 hr

Trailhead Futamata CourseJunction

FutamataFutamata Course

Mt. Mate Course

Mt. Mate Course

Mt. Mate

Mt. Mate Course Junction

Trailhead Square

Futamata Course Junction

Junction Mt. Shirakami

Futamata Mt. Shirakami

Fukaura

Fukaura

Ajigasawa

Ajigasawa

Hirosaki

NishimeyaHitotsu Mori Pass

Mt. ShirakamiObservatory

Oirase Dam

Oirase OhashiBridge

Tengu PassObservatory

Tengu Pass

Mt. Tengu

Mt. Kushiishi

1,011.8ｍ

Mt. Masugadake

987.7ｍ

Mt. Mase859.3ｍ

Okuro Woods

Mt. Aoshika

Akaishi Dam

Hitotsu Mori Pass 2 hr 30 min Tayu Peak Tengu Pass 3 hr Mt. Tengu

Kobako Peak

Beech Gene SanctuaryNature Trail

TsugaruPass

Aqua Green Village ANMON

4 hr

Tsugaru PassTrail of theGiant Beeches

Takakura Woods

Anmon OhashiBridge

641.7ｍShihei Woods

510.4ｍHinoki Woods

To Shirakami-SanchiVisitor Center / Hirosaki

Anmon Falls Aqua Green VillageANMON

Kawaratai

To Fujisato, Akita Prefecture

Sunakose

Lake Tsugaru-Shirakami

※

Anmon Valley Route(Notification of Passage must be submitted)

Approx. 2 km loop（60‒120 min）

AoiwaObservatory

Oku AkaishiObservatory

Mt. Sakasagawa

Mt. Hishikui

To AjigasawaKurokuma Falls

Mt. Chausu

Chokeidaira

Shirakami Line（Iwasaki, Nishimeya, and Hirosaki Line Prefectural Roads）

The Akaishi Keiryu Line and Futatsui Line are closed during winter

Aqua GreenVillage ANMON To Hirosaki

Shirakami-SanchiVisitor Center

※17 km（approx. 30 minutes）

World Heritage Site Shirakami-Sanchi Guide Map

Lake Juniko Lake Tsugaru-Shirakami

World HeritageBeech Forest Trail

AwoneShirakami Juniko

Juniko Refresh Village

Akaishi Keiryu Line

Nature Observation PathNature Observation Path

Mt. Tengu HeritageManagement Path

Nature Observation Path

Yuyu Forest

Mother Tree

Nature Observation Path

Akaishi Keiryu Line

Shirakami LineShirakami Line

Futatsui LineFutatsui Line

OsawaRiver

OkawaRiver

YunosawaRiver

Shirakami JunikoEco Museum

Aoike Pond

Oirase OhashiBridgeMt. Shirakami

Observatory

Hitotsu Mori Pass

Mt. Tengu HeritageManagement Path

Trail of theGiant Beeches

Anmon OhashiBridgeAnmon Falls

Anmon Valley Route(Notification of Passage must be submitted)

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101

101

LegendParkingWatering HoleRestroom

PavedUnpaved

Mountain Trail

Core area

Buffer zone

Guidelines for Visitors to Shirakami-Sanchi1．Stay on the trails.2．Do not take any plants or animals home with you. 3． Littering is prohibited; take your own garbage home

with you.4． Use the restroom beforehand. Bring a portable toilet

bag with you.5．Lighting bonfires is prohibited.6．No pets allowed.7．Fishing is prohibited.

JR Gono Line

JR Gono Line

JR Gono Line

JR Gono Line

Bypass

Goshogawara

Ajigasawa

Nishimeya

Hirosaki

Fukaura

Mt. IwakiMt. Shikarigadake

Apple Road

Konan Railway

JR Ou Main Line相　馬

Iwaki

Soma

Iwasaki

Tsugaru Iwaki Skyline

Iwakiyama Shrine

Iwaki Kogen Prefectural Nature Park

Lake Tsugaru-Shirakamiko

Takakura Woods

Mt. Happogatake

Anmon Falls

Tsugaru Pass

Kurokuma Falls

Senjojiki

Toriisaki

Yukiaizaki

Tengu Pass

Akaishi Keiryu - Anmon-no-TakiPrefectural Nature Park

Tsugaru Quasi-National Park

Mt. Kushiishi

Mt. TenguMt. Mukaishirakami

Tayu Peak

Hitotsu Mori PassMt. Kuzure

Mt. Omine

Mt. Shirakami

Lake Juniko

Japan Canyon

Shirakami Line

Mt. Shirakami Mountain TrailStarting Point

Mountain Trail

Core area

Buffer zone

Lake Juniko

Mt. Masugadake

Mt. MaseMt. Aoshika

Mt. Kodake

Mt. GanmoriFutatsu Mori Woods

Hachimori

Oirase River

Akaishi River

Sazanai River

●Shirakami-Sanchi Visitor Center Access Map

Yukiaizaki

HenashizakiHenashizaki

Lake Juniko

Iwaki Kogen Prefectural Nature Park

Akaishi Keiryu - Anmon-no-TakiPrefectural Nature Park

Fukaura（Mutsuiwasaki）

AjigasawaHirosaki

Shirakami-SanchiVisitor Center

Shirakami-Sanchi

GoshogawaraAomori

Aomori Airport

Kuroishi Interchange

Owani-Hirosaki Interchange

JR Gono Line

Shirakami LineApple Road

JR Ou Main Line

Tohoku Expressway

Aomori Interchange

101

101

101

101

339

339

102

7

7

0 5 10km

1：200,000

Shirakami-Sanchi Visitor Center

Japan CanyonLake Juniko（Aoike Pond）

Harlequin Ducks

Japanese Macaques

Harlequin ducks were thought to be sea birds that seasonally migrate to Japan from overseas in the winter, but it was recently confirmed for the first time that they breed in Japan at the source of the Akaishi River.It appears that they feed on young Japanese char and insects, but details of their ecology are still largely unknown.

The Japanese macaque is a monkey of the Cercopithecidae family. They live in groups of 20–30 individuals.The Japanese macaques l iv ing on the Shimokita Peninsula are said to be the northernmost-inhabiting monkeys in the world, and so have been designated as a Natural Monument. Those living in Shirakami-Sanchi also draw attention for their scientific value.

Ogomashijimi Butterflies（Maculinea arionides）The Ogomashijimi is a butterfly found only in certain areas of Shirakami-Sanchi. They lay eggs on a plant of the mint family called Isodon trichocarpus. Grown larvae are brought to the hole of a Myrmica ant colony to eat the ants’ larvae. They only inhabit wholesome natural environments.

Japanese SerowsThe Japanese serow is a large herbivorous mammal. They are a primitive kind of bovid and can therefore be called living fossils. They only inhabit Japan and have been designated a Special Natural Monument by the Japanese government.

Kurokuma Falls Anmon Falls（First Waterfall）

Black WoodpeckersBlack woodpeckers are the largest of the five species of woodpeckers living in Shirakami-Sanchi. They are as big as crows and have black bodies. The males are entirely red-crowned whereas the females exhibit red coloring only on the back of the head. They have been designated a Natural Monument.

Aomori Mantema（Silene aomorensis）The Aomori mantema is a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae. They were first discovered in Aomori and are thought to have survived the ice age.

Japanese Wood Poppy（Glaucidium palmatum）The Japanese wood poppy is unique to Japan, the only species and genus in its family. They are found in depressions on slopes where snow remains long into the spring.

Tsugaru Misebaya（Hylotelephium tsugaruence）The Tsugaru misebaya is a plant of the family Crassulaceae, first discovered in Aomori. They inhabit collapsed slopes and rocky areas.

❽ WeSpa Tsubakiyama

❼ Shirakami Juniko Eco Museum

❺ Awone Shirakami Juniko

❻ Juniko Refresh Village ❸ Aqua Green Village ANMON

❷ The Shirakami-Sanchi World Heritage Conservation Center

❶ Shirakami-Sanchi Visitor Center

❹ Shirakami Promenade

❶ Shirakami-Sanchi Visitor Center61-1 Kanda, Tashiro, Nishimeya-mura, Nakatsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture　☎0172－85－2810

❷ The Shirakami-Sanchi World Heritage Conservation Center61-1 Kanda, Tashiro, Nishimeya-mura, Nakatsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture　☎0172－85－2622

❸ Aqua Green Village ANMON417 Okawazoe, Kawaratai, Nishimeya-mura, Nakatsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture　☎0172－85－3021

❹ Shirakami Promenade 1-26 Yagurayama, Fukayamachi, Ajigasawa, Nishitsugaru, Aomori Prefecture　☎0173－79－2009

❺ Awone Shirakami Juniko14 Shimohamamatsu, Matsukami, Fukaura, Nishitsugaru, Aomori Prefecture　☎0173－77－3311

❻ Juniko Refresh Village14 Shimohamamatsu, Matsukami, Fukaura, Nishitsugaru, Aomori Prefecture　☎0173－77－3311

❼ Shirakami Juniko Eco Museum1-3 Matsukamiyama, Matsukami, Fukaura, Nishitsugaru, Aomori Prefecture　☎0173－77－3113

❽ WeSpa Tsubakiyama226-1 Nebeishi, Henashi, Fukaura, Nishitsugaru, Aomori Prefecture　☎0173－75－2261

❾ Forest Science Center Hachimori Bunakko Land144-1 Sanjugama, Hachimori, Happo-cho, Yamamoto-gun, Akita Prefecture　☎0185－77－3086

World Heritage SiteShirakami-Sanchi

Guide Map

Published by: Shirakami-Sanchi Visitor Center

About Shirakami-SanchiShirakami-Sanchi is a vast mountainous area of approximately 130,000 hectares located in southwestern Aomori Prefecture and northwestern Akita Prefecture. In this area lies the world’slargest virgin beech forest (16,971 hectares), which in December 1993 was registered, along with Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture, as one of Japan’s first World Natural Heritage Sites under the World Heritage Convention. About three quarters of the beech forest (12,627 hectares) belong to Aomori Prefecture and about a quarter (4,344 hectares) to Akita Prefecture.Geologically, Shirakami-Sanchi consists of thick 2 to 20 million year-old layers of sedimentary rocks formed from sand, mud, and volcanic ashes lying on a bed of granite from the Cretaceous period (146 million to 65 million years ago). The mountains of Shirakami-Sanchi were formed by violent upheaval of these layers. The rivers thus carved steep valleys and a number of high waterfalls were created.Shirakami-Sanchi boasts abundant flora and fauna: animals such as Japanese black bears, Japanese macaques, Japanese serows (Special Natural Monument), black woodpeckers (Natural Monument), and golden eagles; many kinds of trees such as beech, Mongolian oak and Japanese wingnut; and a variety of plants including endemic species such as the Aomori mantema and the Tsugaru misebaya. It is thus said that Shirakami-Sanchi is a genetic storehouse.Traditional hunters called Matagi have made their living out of the bounty of these rich forests, creating their own unique culture. Given its abundant resources, Shirakami-Sanchi has also been an important region for forestry. There are deserted mines as well, such as Oppu Mine in Nishimeya.Currently, the preservation and management of this World Heritage Site are based on the Shirakami-Sanchi World Heritage Site Management Plan and carried out by the multiple relevant administrative organizations responsible for its enforcement.

●Contact informationShirakami-Sanchi Visitor Center61-1 Kanda, Tashiro, Nishimeya-mura, Nakatsugaru-gun, Aomori Prefecture 036-1411TEL 0172－85－2810　FAX 0172－85－2833Website: http://www.shirakami-visitor.jp●A view of the Shirakami-Sanchi World Heritage site from Futatsu Mori Woods.

Mt. ShirakamiMt. Mukaishirakami

Mt. Mase Mt. MasugadakeMt. Iwaki

Mt. Happogatake

❾ Forest Science Center Hachimori Bunakko Land