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Only Yesterday pilgrimage: Okama (Zao mountain range, Yamagata Prefecture)

In *Only Yesterday*, the protagonist Taeko and her family arrive at a mountain summit, where a colorful circular volcanic lake appears before them, showing gradients of blue, green, and yellow, surrounded by bare rocks and barren ridges. They stand on a viewing platform overlooking this spectacle.

Viewing Okama

Viewing Okama

In *Only Yesterday*, the protagonist Taeko and her family arrive at a mountain summit, where a colorful circular volcanic lake appears before them, showing gradients of blue, green, and yellow, surrounded by bare rocks and barren ridges. They stand on a viewing platform overlooking this spectacle.

Scene context

影片中段,妙子一家在山形县旅行期间

Visit notes

  • 该地点是山形县藏王连峰中的御釜(五色湖),实际湖水颜色会随季节和气候改变。
  • 动画中细腻地再现了御釜独特的钴蓝色与周边荒芜地形的对比。
Only Yesterday pilgrimage: Okama (Zao mountain range, Yamagata Prefecture) · AniGuessr