Title Gozaisho-Numa Pond Walking Trail

  • Aomori
  • Akita
  • Iwate
Topic(s):
Nature/Ecology National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
Medium/Media of Use:
Web Page
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Towada Hachimantai National Park

御在所沼遊歩道


御在所沼遊歩道は、片道約45分、長さ1.5キロメートルの散策路です。遊歩道のおおよそ真ん中に差しかかると、御在所沼とやや小さい赤沼(別名五色沼)、そして休憩しながら二つの沼を眺めるのに便利な小さなあずまやがあります。


赤沼の別名が示すように、赤沼の水は一年を通して季節の移り変わりに伴い五回色を変えます。沼の色は夏の間にくぐもった青からブリリアント・ブルー、さらにターコイズに変わります。秋になるとくぐもった青に戻り、冬と春には褐色になります。


遊歩道沿いでは、春から夏の半ばにかけて湿地植物が咲き乱れます。4月から7月にミズバショウ、5月から8月にミツガシワ、6月から7月にワタスゲとヒメシャクナゲ、そして7月から8月にイワイチョウが、それぞれ花を咲かせます。秋には、紅葉が景色を赤と橙に燃え立たせます。


遊歩道沿いにはお手洗いなどの施設がないので、そのつもりで準備するよう注意してください。


Gozaisho-Numa Pond Walking Trail


The Gozaisho-Numa Pond walking trail is a 1.5-kilometer-long pathway, an approximately 45-minute walk each way. Roughly midway along the path, visitors will find Gozaisho-Numa Pond and the smaller Akanuma Pond (also known as Goshiki-Numa, or “five-colored pond”) along with a small gazebo that is a convenient place to rest and admire the two ponds.


As its alternate name suggests, the water of Akanuma Pond changes color five times as the seasons shift over the year. It goes from cloudy blue to brilliant blue, then turquoise, over the course of the summer. In fall it returns to a cloudy blue, and then shifts to brown in winter and spring.


Wetland plants bloom along the walking trail from spring through midsummer. Mizubasho (Asian skunk cabbage) is in flower between April and July, mitsugashiwa (bogbean) between May and August, cottongrass and bog rosemary in June and July, and deer cabbage in July and August. In fall, the landscape blazes red and orange with the changing leaves.


Note that there are no water sources or toilets facilities along the trail; visitors should prepare accordingly.


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