Japan Travel Tokyo - Oshino Hakkai 忍野八海

Japan Travel Tokyo - Oshino Hakkai 忍野八海 (2016 0421) 

Address: 1132 Asakawa, Kawaguchiko-machi, Minamitsuru-gun, Fujikawaguchiko, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, 401-0303

Open: 0900-1700 Hours

Admission Charge Apply

Getting There:

The closest train station is Fujisan Station on the Fuji Kyuko Line. A 10-minute bus ride will take you to Oshino Hakkai Iriguchi bus stop, which is just a five-minute walk to the main entrance.

Roughly every other bus between Kawaguchiko Station and Gotemba (approximately one per hour) makes a small detour via Oshino Hakkai

 

A small village in the Fuji Five Lake region, located between Lake Kawaguchiko and Lake Yamanakako on the site of a former sixth lake that dried out several hundred years ago. The eight ponds are fed by snow melt from the slopes of nearby Mount Fuji that filters down the mountain through porous layers of lava for over 80 years, resulting in very clear spring water that is revered by the locals. Visitors can drink the cool water straight from the one of the pond.

Oshino Hakkai Entrance

Gate Bridge 大门桥

Wakuike Pond & Naka-Ike Pond (涌池及中池)

Waku-Ike is the pond that greets you at the center of the village and reflects the ever-changing scenery on its surface as you walk by.

Naka-Ike pond, on the other hand, is actually artificially made. Accessible through the souvenir shop.

Shinnasho Riverside 新名庄川河畔

Nice place to see Cherry blossoms for 400 meters along Shinnasho River near Oshino Hakkai.

Nigoriike Pond 濁池

It appears muddy at first glance, it turns beautiful and clear in small quantities when scooped out.

Okama ike Pondお釜池

The smallest pond in Oshino Hakkai it is named ‘okama’ meaning ‘pot’ because of how the water bubbles up to the surface just like boiling water in a pot.

Deguchi-ike Pond 出口池

The water from this pond is sacred, It is the furthest away from the village (‘deguchi’ means ‘exit’) and features an Inari Shinto shrine in the forest that overlooks the pond.

Shobuike Pond 手扶池 - The bottomless pond is only privately owned pond in Oshino Hakkai.