Oshino Hakkai - 忍野八海

Oshino Hakkai (忍野八海) is a touristy set of eight ponds in Oshino, 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.

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(Now of Oshino Hakkai)

Next to one pond, visitors can drink the cool water straight from the source.

The ponds are quite deep and have interesting freshwater plant life and large fish that make a visit to the ponds almost like visiting an aquarium. Although the ponds have been developed into tourist attractions and can become quite crowded with visitors, they have a pleasant atmosphere as long as you do not expect untouched nature.

Water depth 8m.

Rain and snow in Mt. Fuji, It begins to spring via 80 years.


restaurants, souvenir shops and food vendors

You will find many restaurants, souvenir shops and food vendors around the ponds which sell vegetables, sweets, pickles, crafts and other local products. Some operate small outdoor grills to attract shoppers with the alluring smells of roasted sweet potato and toasted rice crackers (osenbei).

Food Vendors

Dango specialty shop

Dango-ya

だんご屋

 

Dango (団子) is a Japanese dumpling and sweet made from mochiko (rice flour), related to mochi. It is often served with green tea. Dango is eaten year-round, but the different varieties are traditionally eaten in given seasons. Three to four dango are often served on a skewer.

 

Menu

 

・Kusa mochi (草餅, literally "grass mochi"), also known as kusamochi or yomogi mochi, is a Japanese sweet. It is considered a seasonal dish for spring. It is made from mochi and leaves of Japanese mugwort or (more traditionally) from Jersey cudweed. It may also be filled with red bean paste.

 

・Daifukumochi (大福餅), or Daifuku (大福) (literally "great luck"), is a Japanese confection consisting of a small round mochi (glutinous rice cake) stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly anko, sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans.

 

・Mitarashi dango (みたらし団子、御手洗団子) is a type of dango skewered onto sticks in groups of 3–5 (traditionally 5) and covered with a sweet soy sauce glaze. It is characterized by its glassy glaze and burnt fragrance.


Satsuma-age shop

Maruten

まる天

 

Satsuma-age (薩摩揚げ) is a fried fishcake from Kagoshima, Japan. Surimi and flour is mixed to make a compact paste that is solidified through frying. It is a specialty of the Satsuma region.

 

Menu

 

・Scallops and mayonnaise

・Cheese
・Cod roe
・Chopped cooked vegetable
・Shrimp
・Shrimp and onions
・Potatoes and butter


Soft serve ice cream shop

Softcream

ソフトクリーム

Senbei specialty shop

Teyakido

手焼堂

Japanese sweets shop

 Watanabe shokuhin

渡辺食品

Japanese pickles shop

Hinodeya

ひのでや


souvenir shop

Souvenir shop

Shop Ikemoto

池本売店

 

Pickles There are more than 50 kinds.

And Japan souvenir There are a lot.


Restaurants

Soba, Udon and Grilled Fish

Teahouse Ikemoto

池本茶屋

 

Menu

 

・Soba

・Udon
・Grilled Japanese char(Iwana)

・Grilled Oncorhynchus masou(Yamame)

・Snow cone*Only Summer Season

 

 


Soba, Udon and Grilled Fish

Restaurant Hannoki

はんのき食堂

 

Menu

 

・Hōtō (ほうとう) is a popular regional dish originating from Yamanashi, Japan made by stewing flat udon noodles and vegetables in miso soup. Though hōtō is commonly recognized as a variant of udon, locals do not consider it to be an udon dish because the dough is prepared in the style of dumplings rather than noodles.

・Soba

・Udon
・Rice and Grilled Sweetfish(Ayu)

・Rice and Grilled rainbow trout(Nijimasu)

・Gut stew

 

 


Pay Area

A small open air museum, the Hannoki Bayashi Shiryokan, surrounds Oshino Hakkai's largest pond and costs a small admission fee. It contains a traditional thatched roof farmhouse that can be viewed inside and displays various farming tools, household items, samurai armor and weapons.

Oshino Hakkai - Map