Yuda Onsenkyo Prefectural Natural Park

Roadside station “Kinshuko”

Roadside Station Kinshuko is located approximately halfway between Kitakami City and Yokote City, and is the gateway to Nishiwaga Town. You can enjoy local flavors at restaurants and shops. "Yuda Dam Curry," which is modeled after Yuda Dam, is a particularly popular dish that expresses the colors of the season. There is a park where you can see Lake Kinshu.

Shiraki Pass

Gobansho (checkpoints) were once located in Nishiwaga Town (formerly Yuda Town) and Yokote City, Akita Prefecture (formerly Yamauchi Village), and the approximately 6km old road between them was called the Shiraki Pass Road. It is also written in old books that Sadato Abe passed away during the post of Go Sannen, and there is a memorial tower for those who lost their lives due to snow damage during the feudal period. It is now a hiking course, and clusters of camellias and skunk cabbage can be seen around the promenade.

Floating island in Yukawa-numa (prefecture-designated natural monument)

About 3km from the inner hot springs of Yukawa Onsen is the bluish Yukawa Marsh. It was designated as a prefectural natural monument as the ``Floating Island of Yukawa Marsh'' (March 8, 1966). The appearance of dozens of large and small floating islands, each about 1 meter wide, floating on the water's surface, created by the wind, is a fascinating sight.