地獄沼—手を触れてはいけません
酸ヶ湯温泉から歩いてわずか10分のところに、底なし沼とも呼ばれる地獄沼があります。これは13世紀から17世紀にかけての一連の噴火の遺物です。現在でも、沼に湧き出る強酸性の湯は90℃にも達します。そのため、この沼は安全な距離から眺めるのが一番です。
地獄沼の向こうにそびえたつ八甲田大岳はドラマチックな背景を演出しています。地獄沼と山の眺望が特に素晴らしいのは、山腹が鮮やかな新緑に洗われる春と、山々がきらびやかな赤、橙、黄の衣装をまとう秋です。
Title Jigoku-numa Pond—Look, But Don’t Touch
- Aomori
- Akita
- Iwate
- Topic(s)：
- Nature/Ecology Activities National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
- Medium/Media of Use：
- Interpretive Sign
- Text Length：
- ≤250 Words
- FY Prepared：
- 2019
- Associated Tourism Board：
- Towada Hachimantai National Park
- Associated Address：
- 50 Kokuyuurinsanyuzawa, Arakawa, Aomori-shi , Aomori
English
Jigoku-numa Pond—Look, But Don’t Touch
Just a 10-minute walk from Sukayu Onsen you will find Jigoku-numa (“Hell Swamp”) Pond, also known as Sokonashi-numa (“Bottomless Swamp”) Pond. This is a remnant of a series of eruptions spanning the thirteenth to seventeenth century. Even now, the highly acidic water gushing up into the pond reaches a piping-hot 90°C, so the best way to view this body of water is from a safe distance.
Towering behind Jigoku-numa Pond, Mt. Hakkoda Odake provides a dramatic backdrop. The view of the pond and peak is particularly magnificent in spring, when the mountainside is awash with fresh, bright green leaves, and in fall when the mountains are cloaked in a dazzling display of red, orange and yellow foliage.
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