Katakinumashitsugen (Katakinuma Marsh) quietly spreads out in the countryside of Yurihonjo City, Akita Prefecture. Though it lies at a low elevation of about 30 meters, it is a rare marsh in Japan that still retains the appearance of a high-altitude marsh. Surrounded by idyllic rice fields, in one corner of the landscape remains a marsh that is over 10,000 years old. Learn about the marsh: Katakinumashitsugen is the former riverbed of the Imo River...

I went to Kataki Numa in Akita Prefecture. It's a marshland with a rice field-like atmosphere. Exploring ▼When you get close, a sign will guide you. ▼The parking lot is quite spacious. There may be a season when it gets busy. ▼It seems like a marshland with good flowers. It's pretty amazing that a marshland can form at an altitude of 30 meters. ▼When you go down the stairs, there's another sign! It's an important site of the Ministry of the Environment...

The Toushi Marsh, located in the Toushi district of Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture, is located on the Nikaho Plateau at the northern foot of Mount Chokai, at an elevation of approximately 400 meters. Surrounded by a series of small hills known as "nagareyama," the landscape of reservoirs and wetlands scattered among them creates an uneven topography reminiscent of the "Kujukushima Islands of Kisakata." In early spring, when local residents practice controlled burning, the Toushi Marsh...