In Towada City, Aomori Prefecture, an event was held to walk on the snow wearing a snowshoe called "snowshoe" in an attempt to solve the lack of exercise in winter.
The event is held every year by an NPO corporation in Towada City, Aomori Prefecture, and about 20 people from outside the city participated in the fifth event.
Participants wore snowshoes, which were sometimes blown by strong crosswinds, and walked around Tsutanuma, which is located north of Lake Towada, for about three hours.
The area around the course is surrounded by virgin beech forests, and Hideo Takabuchi, who is investigating giant trees in the Tohoku region, introduced giant beech trees called "brilliant beech" because of their characteristic shape. rice field.
After that, we all lined up in front of the giant tree and took a commemorative photo.
A woman in her 50s from Misawa City, Aomori Prefecture, said, "She was able to sweat and refresh while she didn't have the opportunity to exercise in the winter."
Takashi Ogawa, the secretary general of "Acorn Forest / Sanraku School" who planned the event, said, "Because there is a tendency for lack of exercise in winter, I want you to be healed naturally."
This event is scheduled to be held around Towada City's Kankodai on the 13th of this month.