What? To cite Hiking in Japan , (emphasis added) “Mt. Shiraga is a bald, rocky peak sandwiched between...
What? Kumano Kodo (熊野古道) is a network of pilgrimage routes and is recognized as Unesco World Heritage...
What? Mount Rokko (六甲山) is the most easily accessible mountain (931 meters) in the Kansai area and is...
What? Kamikochi (上高地) is a valley in the Chubu Sangaku National Park (中部山岳国立公園) on the grounds of mou...
What? Yakushima (屋久島) is a subtropical island full of cedar forests of which a big part is declared a...
What? Ibusuki (指宿) is the southernmost town on the Satsuma Peninsula. It is an onsen town, but it got...
What? Historically better known as Satsuma (薩摩), the region of Kagoshima (鹿児島) played an important ro...
What? Osaka 大阪 is Japan’s third largest city after capital Tokyo and its neighbouring Yokohama. Sinc...
What? Yakedake or Mount Yake (焼岳) is a 2455 meters high volcano in the Hida Mountain Range (飛騨山脈). I...
What? Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a huge statue towering 120 meter high (including foundation) of Amid...
What? Hananuki Gorge (花貫渓谷) is pleasantly located in a valley filled with small waterfalls and is fam...
What? Hitachi Seaside Park (ひたち海浜公園) is a huge park of 350ha. Apart from a small amusement park it is...
What? The Fukuroda Falls (袋田の滝) are considered as one of the 3 most beautiful waterfalls in Japan, t...
What? Rurikei (るり渓) is both a prefectural natural park as an onsen resort in Kyoto Prefecture . The ...
I like travelling in Japan. Japan is a county of extremes, and whatever you like – tradition or technology, urban sprawl or wild nature...
What? Hoshida Enchi (星田園地) is one of the many smaller parks in the quasi national park of Osaka Fumin...
What? Inunakisan or Mount Inunaki (犬鳴山) is a mountain dotted with waterfalls . Monks and trainees of S...
I remember my first living arrangement in Japan very well. It was the very small and honestly speaking quite old and smelly Internationa...
What? Itami (伊丹), famous for its airport , lies on the border of Osaka and Hyogo prefectures. Being ...
What? The term “alps” isn’t really apt, but the Konze Alps (金勝アルプス) is a mountainous area southwest ...
What? Gifu (岐阜市) is the capital of the prefecture that bears the same name (岐阜県). While it has proba...
What? Yoro Park offers various attractions like a strange art-theme park , a kid’s theme park, a golf...
What? Miyama is famed for Kayabuki-no-Sato (かやぶきの里), a small village where several farmhouses with th...
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