Location List

With an observatory on the mountaintop, stunning views overlooking the islands can be seen.

A typical landscape of Amakusa.

A huge ficus superba tree that grows at Nagame Jinja Shrine.

Onsen Village on the highland approximately 4200 feet above sea level. Known as an Onsen Village you can see colored leaves in autumn at the earliest in Japan.

The Sagano Romantic train is often used in TV dramas and programs. A tourism train using discontinued railroad tracks, it has become a very popular activity with over 1000 trees offering a beautifu...

Hozugawa River starts at Tamba Mountains, flowing through Sonobe into Kameoka City. It then travels 16 kilometers where it joins Kamogawa River to flow into the Yodogawa River. The Hozugawa River b...

Rafting is a popular leisure activity on the Hozugawa River (Katsuragawa River) that flows from Kameoka City to Kyoto City. The rafting course is the same as that of the famous Hozugawa River boat ...

Kushiro Wetland is the first Ramsar Site in Japan.

the pond from which the evidence showing this pond was part of the bay of Pacific Ocean had been found.

Bokke" is the mud volcano which is originated from Ainu language word "Pofuke" (boil up).

Wild Japanese macaques inhabit here on the hills of Takasakiyama, one of very a few natural zoological gardens in Japan where wild moneys can be observed in close proximity. Over 1,500 Nihonzaru, ...

---

the water gate build in 1931 with wood in the part of it for flood control

Numerous hanging monkey-shaped amulets are seen in the Naramachi area in Nara. These monkeys from Koshindo are called Substitute Monkeys (monkey-shaped amulets that will suffer instead of the peopl...

One of the representative sightseeing spots in Kyoto. Also a symbol of Arashiyama area.

Admired from olden times as “Mt. Fuji of the west, Mt. Tsukuba of the east,” Mt. Tsukuba, a twin-peaked mountain consisting of Mt. Nantai and Mt. Notai, is also called “Purple Peak” because of its ...

Oarai Isosaki Jinja Shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture is known for its red torii gate on a rock in the sea (Kamiiso-no-Torii Gate). Many photographers visit to take photos of the divine view at dawn as ...

Designated as a national natural treasure. As it collapsed suddenly in September, 1999, some columnar joints have remained.

This scenic spot with its gently-sloping ridgeline has three lakes at the foot of the beautiful Mt.Komagatake.One of these lakes is Lake Onuma.

One of the biggest limesotone cave in Japan

The moss phlox flower and its unique sweet scent inspire excitement in the hearts of Hokkaido’s people. This is because the appearance of the moss phlox flower heralds the true beginning of spring,...

View spot located on the 12m sea cliff

Cliff at the tip

Skunk cabbage community at lakeside of Memanbetsu