Japan Tohoku guide - travel related information

Introduce many attractive places and culture in Tohoku Japan

Oze National Park, home to many beautiful flowers incl. Skunk cabbage (2)

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<Wood deck with Skunk cabbage> 

 

Continued to previous article of Oze National Park, we introduce this area.

 

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Oze National Park consists of three parts, Oze area, Ozegahara Marsh, and Lake Ozenuma & famous mountain such as Mt Shibutsu, Mt Hiuchigatake and Mt Aizu Komagatake.

 

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<Lookout Ozenuma Pond>

 

Most famous features are the Ozegahara Marshland and the Ozenuma Pond.

And we visited Ozenuma Pond this time.

 

 

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<Ozenuma Pond and Mt Hiuchigatake> 

 

Ozenuma Pond can be reached from the eastern end of the Ozegahara Marshland for 1.5 hours walk along a trail through the woods.

The trail is 6 kilometer that leads around the pond and sometimes runs along the water & through the forest.

 

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<Ozenuma sanso lodge with Mt Hiuchigatake>

 

Oze's famous flowers such as Skunk cabbage can also be found near Ozenuma in small marshlands near the pond.

 

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<Pond side view of Mt Hiuchigatake> 

 

 (Last visit) May/2018