Maruike-sama Spring Pond

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Getting there

Train / Car

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Getting there

5 min by car or 20 min on foot from Fukura Station (JR Uetsu Line); 10 min by car from Yuza-Chokai IC.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site

Parking

About 20 cars in front of the Minowa salmon hatchery and 5 bus spaces; one temporary toilet at the bus car park (closed in winter).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site

Not yet confirmed

Opening hours, Closed, Admission, Payment, Accessibility

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Address: 57 Arakawa, Nozoki, Yuza-machi, Akumi-gun, Yamagata

Official site: https://www.yuzachokai.jp/spot/yuusuigun/

Location

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Nearby spots

• Photo: kyohei ito / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (resized)Mt. ChokaiYamagata10 km away (straight line)
• Photo: Ryuetsu Kato / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0Mototaki Spring FallsAkita11 km away (straight line)
• Photo: 8-Forest / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Shishigahana MarshAkita15 km away (straight line)
• Photo: Jun K / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (resized)Tamasudare FallsYamagata16 km away (straight line)
• Photo: 掬茶 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)Kujukushima (Kisakata)Akita16 km away (straight line)

Distances are straight-line distances, not travel distances.

Crowds

Not yet confirmed

Crowd level, Best time to visit, Peak time, Busiest days, Busiest season

no official source yet, and not enough traveler reports.

Latest traveler report

None yet

Traveler crowd data by time of day appears after 5 traveler reports (0 so far).

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Visiting respectfully

• NatureThe neighbouring Ushiwatari River changed after the July 2024 heavy rain (fewer baikamo water flowers); please let it recover naturally.Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site

Verification log

• 25 Sept 2026First check · Tourism board · https://www.yuzachokai.jp/spot/yuusuigun/Description, location, access, parking, toilet and the heavy-rain note read from the Yuza Chokai tourism association page. Its nearest IC (Yuza-Chokai, 10 min) differs from the prefectural site (Sakata-Minato, 25 min); the local association is used.
• 25 Sept 2026First check · Tourism board · https://yamagatakanko.com/attractions/detail_2041.htmlCoordinates read from the Yamagata Prefecture tourism site.