Goshiki-Numa 五色沼

　I went to the Goshiki-Numa with my friends last friday.
Goshiki-Numa is on the back side of Mt.Bandai in Fukushima.
Many friends say that the Goshiki-Numa is the most beatiful place in Fukushima.
You can enjoy various sceneries by the season.
Now, in autumn, you can see beatutiful mountains because leaves change to red or yeallow.

　Goshiki-numa is a highly recomended place. but you should be careful, if it's a weekend , a national holiday or the perfect day to go for everyone, there must be very busy busy...

you should get there earlier.

The following , I translated from a guid book.

If you read Japanese, this web site will help you.

文化の日、五色沼（福島県裏磐梯）に行ってきました。
五色沼が福島県で一番好きという外国人が、本当に多いです。
日本人の私は、これまで人生で２回ぐらいしか行った事がなかったのですが、
久しぶりに行ってみました。
五色沼周辺は紅葉が終わりかけでしたが、
それでも真っ赤に染まったきれいなもみじを見ることができました。
行った事がない方は、是非是非！
おすすめの場所ですよ。
季節ごとにそれぞれ違った表情がみることができます。
裏磐梯周辺の情報はこちらもどうぞ

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Goshik-Numa ("Numa" means a pond)
Goshiki numa is the most famous group of ponds which was made by the Mt. Bandai eruption in 1888. You can walk on the trail, and enjoy the colorful water in the grove.
The trail is about 4km and has a gentle slope. You can enjoy easy walking for about a hour.

“Bishamon- Numa”

Some big ponds have names. Bishamon numa is the biggest pond of Goshiki-numa. On a beautiful day, you can see blue-white water. The beautiful color comes from the floating milky sediments of calcium sulfate and the water coming in is making the glassy materials by chemical changes. Depending of the weather, you can see the different colors; red, blue, green, cobalt blue, emerald green…. That’s why we call it “ Goshiki- numa” which means “5 colored pond”


“Midoro-Numa”
Midoro-numa has the most dynamic colors. You can see the many different shades depending on the weather or the season. It has a complex color because of the natural water color, algae, and the sediments which contain a lot of iron.

“Benten-Numa”
In a forest, there are many reeds beside the pond. The water is bright blue. The trees can be green or red depending on season. You can see many good color combinations here. This pond and Ruri-Numa are superficially connecting with a small stream, but all ponds are connecting with water veins underground.





“Ruri-Numa”

Here is the best place for photos. You can see the crater of Mt. Bandai and the water is very clear. but I know this picture dosen't look good...

“Ao-Numa”
This pond is very small and the color is dark blue. Just after the eruption, there was only lava, soil and rocks. One man tried to bring the green places back. He spent a lot of his own money and kept planting Japanese red pine trees around there. His name was Genmu Endo. He spent his whole life doing it. His grave is at the back of this pond.