Mt. Kitayatsugatake is the paradice to moss. Once you step into the forest, you'll be daunted with blue moss spread around, the mysterious world of healing you are never able to feel in cities. 10 forests around Shirakoma pond are named, with each has its own characteristics, kinds of moss also differing. With the landscape excelling its size and beuty to be named by Japan academic association of moss species as "the valuable forest of moss in Japan".