2025 Yama District Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in March)

Goshikinuma Lake is a lake located in Bandai-Asahi National Park in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the famous Five Colored Lakes group. It is a very beautiful place during the fall when the leaves change color, especially in October to early November. Highlights: •The lake has water of various colors such as blue, green and emerald, which change with the season and weather. •Surrounded by rich nature, including forests and mountains, making it a great place for hiking and photography. •Visitors can walk on nature trails or go boating on the lake. #AutumnTravel #100WaysToTravel #fukushima #japan

Take a bus from Fukushima Airport to Koriyama, then take the JR train to Inawashiro Station, and transfer to a bus to the Goshikinuma entrance. The trail is about 4 kilometers long, and the maple leaves change from green to yellow to orange to red along the way, sometimes adorned with bright yellow ginkgo accessories. Even if it occasionally starts to drizzle, it doesn't diminish the beauty. With wind and maple leaves in the rain, as you walk, the weather clears up.

Yellow fall, can be seen only in winter season. We went there by 2nd week of February. To the way to there, you need to take 2 robe rift on the half of the mountain and they walk till to the fall. Hiring local guide should be favorable not to get loss path. It could take 3 hrs for round trip by foot and then take a lift ride to the bottom of mountain. Need to prepare Snow shoe Handle Gloves Hat Warm water and some snacks #wintergetaway