Shishigahana Wetland, a mysterious forest space at the foot of Mt. Chokai

We would like to introduce Shishigahana Wetland, which is particularly famous among the beautiful scenery that spreads around the beautiful sacred mountain Mt. Chokai in Akita Prefecture. Shishigahana Wetland is an important tourist spot that is essential when talking about the beauty of the foothills of Mt. Chokai.

Shishigahana Wetland is a wetland located at the foot of Mt. Chokai.

Mt. Chokai is one of the highest sacred mountains in Tohoku. There is also a record that Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appears in Japanese history textbooks, visited a shrine dedicated to Mt. Chokai, and this is an anecdote that clearly shows how much interest and faith this mountain had attracted from many people since then. It has become.

Mt. Chokai, which is rich in nature and rich in animals, is a volcano. Occasionally, the eruption is exposed to the eruption, and there are areas in Akita Prefecture where the terrain changed due to the eruption of Mt. Chokai.
However, if it was a mountain with only fear of eruption, Mt. Chokai would not have been so much in Akita Prefecture today.

Mt. Chokai is not only one of Akita Prefecture's water sources, but also the beauty of the mountain itself and the beauty of nature that spreads around the base of the mountain, making it an essential sacred mountain and one of the prefecture's symbols. It has become. Of course, it is very popular among tourists from outside the prefecture and overseas, who say that its magnificent nature is ``captivating''.

One of the most famous the lion bog .

The lion bogland is a vast wetland with an area of ​​more than 26 hectares. Beginning with the primeval forest of beech, the malformed giant trees create a mysterious space of green.
The wetland may be associated with a landscape like Oze, but the lion bog is exactly an ancient forest. Is it easy to imagine the landscape that seems to appear in Hayao Miyazaki's movie "Mononokehime"?

There is a lot of underground water flowing within the wetland, including ponds called ``Detsubo.'' Clear water gushes out in the mysterious ancient forest, flowing in many lines through the gaps between the roots of the trees. Shishigahana Wetland is such a place.

The great king of Shishigahana Wetland? There is also something unusual called Marimo Toriumi!

Just looking at it is healed by nature. There is a lion nasal wetland in such a lord.
It is a giant beech tree called "Akariko Daio". The King Akariko is a malformed beech with many branches, and is said to be about 300 years old. The giant beech that comes out of the trees is a masterpiece that is appropriate for the name of the giant king of the wetland.

The Shishigahana wetland has not only the king of the malformed beech, but also other interesting things. That is "Marimo".
Speaking of Marima, Lake Akan in Hokkaido is famous, but there is a unique framework that has been around in the lion bog bog. It is a strange thing that can only be seen here.

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Mt. Chokai , Akita Prefecture , Shishigahana Marsh , Marimo Chokai , Nikaho City

It can be accessed by train, bus, or car from Akita City, the center of Akita. It is a space that can be described as the ultimate in healing. Please come and visit us.