This marsh is located in the Yada area of Tessei-cho, Niimi City. Spread over approximately 3.6 hectares, around 380 varieties of plants grow there naturally including rare species such as ogura-senno (a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae) and bicchu-furo (geranium yoshinoi), and it has been designated a national natural monument as the Koigakubo Marsh Plant Community. There is a promenade in the whole area where you can walk through nature.
"This quiet marshland can be reached by hiking up the mountain either from the crossroads in the middle of Oe Marsh or from the trail in the back of Ozenuma Camping Site. You are very unlikely to see anyone else while you enjoy the wonderful view offered by this lovely place. The spacious ""private"" marshland is a place where you can refresh mind and body. Make sure to wear a bear-avoiding bell as there are no people in the area."
This marshland on the eastern bank of Lake Ozenuma is known for its large colony of nikkokisuge (Hemerocallis esculenta) that bloom in the summer. The density of the colony is the highest in Oze. In good years, the nikkokisuge looks like a yellow carpet that covers the entire marshland. The nikkokisuge and many other flowers bloom around one to two weeks later than those in Ozegahara Marsh due to the higher altitude.
This marshland is located roughly between the Oike Trailhead and the summit of Mt. Hiuchigatake. The marshland is carpeted in kinkoka (Narthecium asiaticum) flowers at the end of July. In the fall, the marshland's grasses become a mosaic of reds and yellows. The Hirosawa Tashiro marshland, which is located below the Kumasawa Tashiro marshland, is a popular destination for fall hiking. There, hikers can enjoy the fall foliage of plants including azaleas and hirohatsuri-bana (Euonymus macropterus).
"This pond is one of the ponds which make up Oshino Hakkai Springs, which has been designated a Natural Monument, selected for inclusion in the Japanese Top 100 Famous Water list, and which is also included in the Fujisan World Heritage listing. The source of the pond is underground spring water from Mt. Fuji. The first of Oshino Hakkai Springs' sacred ponds, it is somewhat separated from the other seven. Its area is also the largest of the ponds. Yamanaka Deguchi Inari Shrine is visible between the trees on the opposite shore, and visitors can see the shrine's torii gate reflecting off the surface of the pond. According to legend, washing away one's uncleanliness and rinsing the mouth with its waters before climbing Mt. Fuji will ensure a safe climb, and thus the pond is also known as ""Devotion Pond."""
"This pond is one of the ponds which make of Oshino Hakkai Springs, which has been designated a Natural Monument, selected for inclusion in the Japanese Top 100 Famous Water list, and which is also included in the Fujisan World Heritage listing. The source of the pond is underground spring water from Mt. Fuji. The second of Oshino Hakkai Springs' sacred ponds, at just 24 square meters, its surface area is the smallest of the ponds. Four meters deep, the pond is notable for its beautiful, blue waters. According to legend, an old man and his two daughters once lived in the area; while washing clothes in the pond, a huge toad appeared and dragged the younger sister in, and her body was never found. In turn, the pond is also known as ""Giant Toad Pond."""
This pond is one of the ponds which make of Oshino Hakkai Springs, which has been designated a Natural Monument, selected for inclusion in the Japanese Top 100 Famous Water list, and which is also included in the Fujisan World Heritage listing. The source of the pond is underground spring water from Mt. Fuji. The third of Oshino Hakkai Springs' sacred ponds, it is situated on the grounds of the Hannoki Bayashi Shiryokan museum and is surrounded by trees and greenery. According to legend, a woman doing her washing at the pond dropped her vegetables and washboard into the water, where she immediately lost them; sometime later, they appeared floating in Okama-ike Pond, one of the other sacred Oshino Hakkai Springs ponds, and thus it is has been passed down for generations in the area that to do one's washing here is to invite the anger of the gods.
This pond is one of the ponds which make of Oshino Hakkai Springs, which has been designated a Natural Monument, selected for inclusion in the Japanese Top 100 Famous Water list, and which is also included in the Fujisan World Heritage listing. The source of the pond is underground spring water from Mt. Fuji. The fourth of Oshino Hakkai Springs' sacred ponds, it is encircled by a fence and is located in an inconspicuous area thick with flowering plants. The bottom is sandy, and visitors can see the movements of the spring supplying the pond as its waters bubble up from underneath. According to legend, long ago a bride passed wind during her wedding ceremony; overcome with shame, she threw herself into the pond while grasping a decanter. In turn, today the pond is famous for bringing luck in finding love and marriage to those who visit.
This pond is one of the ponds which make of Oshino Hakkai Springs, which has been designated a Natural Monument, selected for inclusion in the Japanese Top 100 Famous Water list, and which is also included in the Fujisan World Heritage listing. The source of the pond is underground spring water from Mt. Fuji. The fifth of Oshino Hakkai Springs' sacred ponds, the pond is the most easily accessible and is situated along a road across from several souvenir shops. With an abundant flow of water and a water mill, due to its beauty, it could be considered one of the most well-known of the ponds. According to legend, the goddess Konohanasakuya-bime heard the prayers of people wishing for water due to an eruption from Mt. Fuji, and so caused this pond to be created by a spring which miraculously emerged from the lava.
This pond is one of the ponds which make of Oshino Hakkai Springs, which has been designated a Natural Monument, selected for inclusion in the Japanese Top 100 Famous Water list, and which is also included in the Fujisan World Heritage listing. The source of the pond is underground spring water from Mt. Fuji. The sixth of Oshino Hakkai Springs' sacred ponds, it adjoins Waku-ike Pond and links up with the Ahara River. According to legend, the pond's waters were once so clean they could be drunk, but after the landowner refused to give water to a temple helper who appeared a beggar, the pond turned muddy. However, it is said the waters would return to their original clear state if drawn. Today, well water mixes with the waters of the pond, and thus they are clear.
This pond is one of the ponds which make of Oshino Hakkai Springs, which has been designated a Natural Monument, selected for inclusion in the Japanese Top 100 Famous Water list, and which is also included in the Fujisan World Heritage listing. The source of the pond is underground spring water from Mt. Fuji. The seventh of Oshino Hakkai Springs' sacred ponds, the pond is located north along the same road as Waku-ike Pond and Nigori-ike Pond. The flow coming from the pond's spring is much lower than that of the other ponds and it is just 0.3 meters deep. Depending on conditions, visitors can Mt. Fuji reflected upside down in the surface of the pond. It is said that the waters of the pond have the power to differentiate between good and evil and would cleanse persons involved in disputes with each other.
This pond is one of the ponds which make of Oshino Hakkai Springs, which has been designated a Natural Monument, selected for inclusion in the Japanese Top 100 Famous Water list, and which is also included in the Fujisan World Heritage listing. The source of the pond is underground spring water from Mt. Fuji. The eighth of Oshino Hakkai Springs' sacred ponds, the pond is located close to Hakkai Shobuike Park and irises grow around it. According to legend, there once was a man in the area with chest troubles, and though his wife prepared special foods and medicines for him, he would not get better; praying for help, the wife received a divine revelation and wrapped his body in irises from this pond, after which he was healed in less than a month.
This mountaintop crater lake, praised for its cobalt blue water, is the largest in Japan and is situated on top of the 1,241-meter-high Kirishima Mountains. Found amidst virgin Japanese fir and southern Japanese hemlock forest, a stone-paved mountain trail makes it possible to reach the pond from the trailhead in about 40 minutes. Another walking path circling the pond can be walked in about two hours. Visitors at the beginning of spring can see Japanese witch-hazel and Rhododendron kiusianum blooming in profusion along the crater wall; in autumn, the fall foliage of maples and red pines; and in winter, frost-covered trees.
A pond located in the precincts of Osezaki Shrine, surrounded by junipers that have been declared a National Natural Monument. Despite being close to the sea, this is a freshwater pond, and various kinds of carp and other freshwater fish live here. It is referred to as one of the Seven Oddities of Izu. According to tradition, an earthquake in 684 caused the sea floor to rise up to create an island called Biwa Island, which attained its current form and became part of the mainland as sand and silt brought in by the waves covered it.
A bubbling spring located on the grounds of the Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine. From a crack in the lava nearly 200 thousand tons of water gush out daily from the subterranean waters under Mt. Fuji. Because of the high transparency of crystal clear water, it looks like there's no water at all when viewed from certain angles. The water, which maintains a temperature near 13 degrees Celsius throughout the year, was once used for purification ceremonies by climbers of Mt. Fuji. It is one of the only two registered National Special Natural Monuments in the prefecture.
A wetland located on the north side of Lake Tanuki. This is the only wetland on the Shizuoka side of the Mt. Fuji foothills, and features 125 lakes of varying sizes scattered about. The wetlands are divided into three areas, East, Center, West, and you can see 63 different varieties of plant including Carex dispalata and Geranium soboliferum. The largest wetland on the western side features gangplanks allowing you to get an up-close view of rare insects and plants that you can't see outside of the wetlands. 29 different varieties of dragonfly have been confirmed including Lestes sponsa and Trigomphus melampus making this a perfect location for nature observation. Though infrequently run there is bus service running to the area from Lake Tanuki.
