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Moss-Covered Healing Forest Draw Visitors

After 10 p.m., the clouds that had covered the sky above Shirakoma Pond gradually began to clear, revealing countless stars and the Milky Way rising vividly over the mountain lake in Nagano…

  • Shirakoma Pond stargazes with Milky Way over conifer forest
  • 519 species of moss thrive in ancient moss-covered forest
  • Observation tours preserve moss forest ecosystem

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