is a high altitude :marshland in the

Oze National Park , is an area consisting of open greenland in Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma and Niigata Prefectures in Japan. The park is 372 km2 in area and is the 29th national park in Japan. Opened on 30 August 2007, the park's area includes the marshes ...

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. Approximately 8 km² in size, the marshland is well known for various species of plants, including the "mizu-bashō" ( White Skunk Cabbage), "

Nikkōkisuge ''Hemerocallis middendorffii'' var. ''esculenta'' (synonym ''Hemerocallis esculenta'') known as nikkōkisuge or zenteika (in Japanese: 日光黄菅 or 禅庭花) is a perennial plant belonging to the family Asphodelaceae. It is native to Japan. I ...

" (yellow alpine lilies, ''Hemerocallis dumortieri'' var. ''esculenta'') and "Watasuge" (''

Eriophorum vaginatum ''Eriophorum vaginatum'', the hare's-tail cottongrass, tussock cottongrass, or sheathed cottonsedge, is a species of perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It is native to bogs and other acidic wetlands throughout t ...

''). The marshland is a popular hiking destination. File:Hiuchigatake 080923 4.JPG, Ozegahara with

Mount Hiuchi is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, reaching the height of . It is situated in Japan's Kubiki Mountains in Niigata Prefecture. It was specified for Jōshin'etsu Kōgen National Park on July 10, 1956, but since has been absorbed by the ...

File:Ozechitou.jpg, Marsh of Ozegahara File:Mt.Shibutsu 21.jpg, Boardwalk of Ozegahara.

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in the background.

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National Park
English) - Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan
Oze Preservation Foundation
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Ozegahara is a high altitude :marshland in the Oze National Park, Japan. Approximately 8 km2 in size, the marshland is well known for various species of plants, including the "mizu-bashō" (White Skunk Cabbage), "Nikkōkisuge" (yellow alpine lilie ...

Tourist attractions in Gunma Prefecture Landforms of Gunma Prefecture

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