[Goshikinuma Travel Guide] Enjoy a stunning landscape where vibrant lakes meet dramatic nature

In summer, Goshikinuma’s fresh greenery reaches its peak, and the strong summer sunlight makes the pond colors look even more vivid.
Enjoy the contrast between the lush green trees and the brilliantly colored water, shining in shades like turquoise blue.

In fall, when autumn leaves are at their peak, Goshikinuma is layered with reds, yellows, and oranges, turning the entire area into a breathtaking view.
With countless trees in the area, enjoy a picture-like scene of fall foliage and the brightly shimmering ponds.
Peak fall color is typically from mid-October to early November.

Rurinuma Pond is a pond with an area of Approx. 18,000 m².
True to its name, the water surface shines in a lapis lazuli color, and it’s said to be the most mysterious pond in Goshikinuma.
It’s known for the water color changing depending on where you view it from, and you can enjoy the contrast with the surrounding trees reflected on the water.
From a nearby observation point, you can take in a panoramic view of the collapsed slope from the eruption on the north side of Mt. Bandai, beyond Rurinuma Pond.

Bishamonnuma Pond is the largest pond in Goshikinuma.
With an area of 150,000 m², it’s quite large.
This is a breathtaking viewpoint where you can see Mt. Bandai’s crater beyond the beautiful cobalt-blue water surface.
Rowboats are available for rent, so you can enjoy the surrounding scenery from the water.
Bishamonnuma Pond is home to a “lucky carp” with a red heart pattern on its pure white belly, and there’s a legend that if two people find it together, their romance will come true.

Aonuma Pond is smaller than Bentennuma Pond and Rurinuma Pond, with an area of Approx. 6,000 m².
Its cobalt-blue water is beautifully mysterious, like light-blue paint dissolved into the water.
Surrounded by dense trees, this pond has a dreamy atmosphere you can enjoy.

Akanuma Pond is the smallest pond in Goshikinuma, with an area of Approx. 2,000 m².
It gets its name from the plants along the water’s edge that are dyed a rust-like color.
The jewel-like jade-colored water and the rust color along the shore, contrasting with the surrounding green trees, create a painting-like landscape.

Bentennuma Pond is the second-largest pond in Goshikinuma, with an area of Approx. 30,000 m².
Its water surface changes into many colors depending on the time of day and the weather, from deep emerald-like green to pale sky blue.
The vivid water with Mt. Nishi-Azuma in the distance is a must-see.

Sazaedo is a Kannon hall on the hillside of Iimoriyama, known as the place where the Byakkotai committed suicide, and its official name is Entsu Sansodo.
Built in 1796, this is a three-story, hexagonal Kannon hall with a height of Approx. 16.5 m. It was built by Ikudo, a monk of Shosonji Temple, which stood in this area at the time.
The exterior is quite unusual, but the interior is even more extraordinary, and once inside you’ll clearly understand why it was named Sazaedo.
There are no stairs. Instead, a clockwise wooden ramp leads up to the top floor, and after crossing a bridge, you go down again by ramp to the bottom.
Without realizing it, visitors go up and down a one-way double-helix passage where people ascending and descending never pass each other.

An aquarium that opened in 2000 near Onahama Port. Its theme is the “tidal front,” where the two currents that flow off Fukushima and bring richness to its seas—the Kuroshio and the Oyashio—meet.
The aquarium’s centerpiece is “Sea of the Tidal Front,” where you can experience the tidal front through a triangular tunnel sandwiched between two huge tanks where the Kuroshio and Oyashio meet. You can see many kinds of fish that gather at the tidal front, including bonito, sardines, flounder, and herring.

The scenery of Hanamiyama Park, where the satoyama slopes are dyed in soft gradients, is truly a “peach blossom paradise.”
Wrapped in a patchwork of colorful flowers, you’ll likely feel so happy it’s as if you’re in a dream.
It’s a famous flower-viewing spot that everyone around Fukushima knows, but it began with the passion of a single farmer.
In the early Showa period, one farmer who shifted from sericulture to floriculture, Mr. Isejiro Abe, continued the work of carving out the mountain, planting flowering trees, and selling flowers to support his livelihood.