Life advice: Go for a bike ride in the Okirase Stream

Lake Tokiwada & Okirase Stream - Koonin Yuno

This double caldera lake is 400 meters above sea level and has a surface area of 61.1 square kilometers and a depth of 327 meters. Although the scenery is pleasant, there are few tourists, is one of the many lakes in Japan, standing on the high observatory, you can see the whole lake.

It can be said that Lake Tokiwada fulfills the Okirase Stream, because her lake water flows into Nari Stream. Because of the beauty of the Okirase stream, people feel that Lake Ten Wada is not very prominent, after hiking through the babbling of the stream and the roar of the waterfall, Lake Ten Wada can make people return to peace. In the lake is a leisurely walk, do not have a charm.

The amber water reflected the clear sky like a giant sky mirror. The wide lake breeze on the surface, the water ripples, the surrounding is very quiet, the ear only paddles across the water and the sound of birds singing, bow the water bursts of ripples on the bottom of the lake, make people feel comfortable.

If you want to feel this area of water up close, you can take a rowboat or a canoe, the broad lake breeze, water ripples, extremely quiet around, ears only the sound of paddles across the water and birds, bow the ripples of the lake clear, people feel comfortable, good luck may also be able to see the shore wildlife.

"Ten Wada Lake cruise" want to sit

Personally feel that if enough time is still recommended to do a circle, blowing the lake wind is too comfortable. It is a long time, a circle around the lake takes an hour, and the time left for walking or riding the stream is more rushed, if you go to the time point from the ten Wada hut to the Zi Chi, and can connect with the bus time, that is the best, the rural bus is too few to pinch.

After seeing the quiet and charming lake Tokiwada, you enter the Okirase Stream downstream from the mouth of the son. The stream is 14 kilometers long, because of the continuous inflow of Lake Tokiwada, after a long time, it has the beautiful scenery surrounded by forests today, streams, waterfalls, rocks, rock walls, just a glance is a beautiful picture. Walking along the boardwalk in the forest, will be attracted by the sound of rushing water, along the water flow all the way forward, "Yunjing waterfall", "Bai Si waterfall", "nine waterfalls" and so on all kinds of waterfalls, attracting visitors on both sides of the valley, they are some magnificent, some as thin as hair, each is a masterpiece of nature, full of smart beauty, The colorful waterfalls along the Okirase Stream are also a surprise on this trip.

Life advice: Go for a bike ride in the Okirase Stream

Because it's so comfortable! The moment you enter the Okirase stream, you are healed and life is worth living. Riding stop and stop, easy and free, you can stop on the side of the road at any time when you see your favorite scenery

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How to rent a bike
There are only three large "Huya" stations in the entire scenic area where you can rent a car: Okuase Stream Pavilion, Ishito Rest House, Zizhikou rest house, you can return any car rental in three places.
Cost: Electric bicycle 2000 yen/person, can rent 4 hours enough to ride back and forth.

Be sure to bring your passport to verify identity and registration, otherwise you can't rent it. You will be given a voucher when you rent the car. Keep it and provide it when you return it. It is recommended to look at the time of JR bus that day, the Okirase Stream bus is particularly few, and it will be troublesome to miss the last bus in the mountains.

Shirakami Mountain - Japan's first World Natural Heritage Site

A general name for the beech forest mountain area extending from the southwest of Aomori Prefecture to the northwest of Akita Prefecture. Most of the Hakushin Mountain area has not been cut down by human beings, and many plants and wild birds live in it. It is an area with high ecosystem value.

Shirakami Mountain is perhaps the most representative sightseeing place in Aomori Prefecture, this mountain area across Aomori prefecture and Akita Prefecture, an area of 130,000 hectares, the world's largest distribution of beech forest, with a pristine scenery, as its name is mysterious and beautiful, in 1993 its central part is listed as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage.

16,971 hectares of huge primary forest make it famous in the world. In fact, the white God mountain is very suitable for hiking tourists, the mountain opened in June, in October, the mountains are full of red leaves, in 7 and August into the woods as if jumping into a green ocean, immediately swallowed by it.

Located in the northwest foot of the twelve lakes is a beautiful secret, composed of 33 large and small lakes, water and light fluctuations, against the surrounding beech forest, beautiful. Among them, the "Green Pool" has a transparency of 9 meters and is known as the "mysterious lake".

Twelve Lakes is a collective name for 33 lakes surrounded by beech forests in the western part of the White God Mountains. It is said to have been formed due to a landslide caused by a major earthquake in 1704, when 12 lakes could be seen from the collapsed mountain, hence the name "Twelve Lakes".

Its crystal clear water is 9 meters (29 feet) deep and visitors can see the beech branches sinking to the bottom of the blue water. The cause of the blue water is still unknown, giving the lake a mysterious charm. The best time to see the lake is in spring and summer, when the lush landscape is filled with breathtaking green pools glistening in the sunlight that penetrates the trees.