Sashimaki-shitsugen is a damp plain close to Lake Tazawa located in Senboku city, Akita prefecture.
It's known as a cluster of mizubasho (Japanese skunk cabbage) surrounded by alder trees.
Mizubasho can be observed closely on wood trails laid in the damp plain.
Mizubasho or Japanese skunk cabbage (scientific name: Lysichiton camtschatcense)
There is also a zazen-so (an eastern skunk cabbage) in a cluster of mizubasho.
Zazen-so or eastern skunk cabbage (scientific name: Symplocarpus foetidus)
End of Sashimaki damp plain. return to List of scenic sites visited
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