The ski resort closed yesterday (4/5). This year, we have been blessed with snow since February, and even today, when the park is closed, there is still plenty of snow left.

However, the snow is melting around the Sahoro Resort Hotel, which is only about 700m away, and the ground at the park golf course is starting to show. “Fukinoto” has begun to emerge from the soil. When the pussy willow swells and the butterbur sprouts become noticeable, it feels like spring.

Now, the brown bears are steadily making preparations for the opening on the 29th, undergoing health check-ups after the winter hiatus and installing GPS transmitters.

The bears in their fourth year at Sahoro may be thinking, ``I want to eat spring wild vegetables as soon as possible!''