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Onioshidashi Park

4.0

355 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Gunma Pref. Agatsumaguntsumagoimura Kambara 1053

This beautiful scenery was created from the lava that flowed out and spread when Mt. Asama had its giant eruption in 1783. The sight of the giant lava boulders scattered around makes for an impressive sight. In spring the lovely alpine plants bloom in profusion, while visitors can enjoy the changing leaves in the fall. The contrast with the deep black earth is indeed a sight to behold.

どこを見ても溶岩に囲われていて、自然の凄さや強さを感じることができる場所でした。景色も良く30分ほど歩きました。一度は訪れるべき、おすすめの場所です。 I drove there at late February. There is nice view and I felt the power of nature. I walked for about 30 minutes there...
Toki Forest Park

4.0

191 Reviews

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Nigata Pref. Sadoshi Nibonagaune 383-2

The Toki Forest Park is situated next to the Sado Toki Conservation Center in Sado City, Niigata Prefecture. There are a number of different facilities dotted about the place relating to the crested ibis, or “toki”, designated a National Natural Monument. The Toki Rapport Plaza, complete with large breeding cages, enables visitors to see the toki up close. The Toki Materials Exhibition Hall highlights the conservation work surrounding toki through the use of panels, audio-visual materials and specimens, and the Observation Gallery enables visitors to observe the crested ibises in the Sado Toki Conservation Center through the windows.

The toki (crested ibis) are making a comeback on Sado thanks to this preservation and breeding program. These endangered creatures are a rare sight, so being able to see some of the breeding pairs up...
Heart Rock

4.0

114 Reviews

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Kagoshima Oshima-gun Tatsugocho Akaogi

干潮の時を狙っていきました。駐車場はわかりにくいですが、混んでいなかったのでスムースに停められました。混んでいるときは車の出入りすら苦労するかも。ハートロックのビーチはきれいでした。パラグライダーで見学する人もいました。思っていたより小さい潮だまりです。
Tsurumidai

4.0

82 Reviews

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Hokkaido Akanguntsuruimura Shimosetsuri

Tsurumidai is a bird-feeding station that every year, between November and March, is visited by large numbers of Japanese Red-crowned Cranes. The Cranes are fed twice a day, in the morning and around 2:30 p.m. Originally, the Cranes were fed by the teachers and students of the local elementary school. When the school closed down, Ms. Tome Watanabe, who lived nearby, decided that she would keep feeding the Cranes, and has continued to do so since then, which is another reason for Tsurumidai’s fame. Sometimes, nearly 200 Cranes can be seen.

Visited on a sunny but very cold day in late March and the snow has melted. There were perhaps 5-6 cranes. Feeding has stoppped here but I saw a field of cranes feeding themselves on fresh crops...
Kinsakubaru Virgin Forest

4.0

93 Reviews

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Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Asato Kane Sakuhara

This virgin forest located about a 30-minute drive from Amami City is the most untouched subtropical broad-leaved tree forests left on Amami Oshima Island. The forest, which extends deep into the mountains of Naze, evokes images of ancient times. The forest's massive 10 meter-tall Cyathea lepifera ferns are living fossils whose fronds are believed to have been fodder for dinosaurs eons ago. The sunlight filtered through their large umbrella-like fronds creates a mystical spectacle to behold. The forest is also a habitat for rare wildlife such as Lidth's jay, a national Natural Monument, as well as the Okinawan tree lizard.

ツアーガイドさんの案内で2時間半くらいかけて、自然を感じてきました。お勧めです。テレビや広告などに使われるスポットも説明を受けてきました。
Matengai Cliff

4.5

38 Reviews

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Shimane Pref. Okigunnishinoshimachou Uragou

This sheer 250-meter cliff is part of the Kuniga Coast in the national park on Nishinoshima Island, part of the Oki Islands. The whole area, including the Matengai Cliff, has been designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty. The precipitous faces of these rough basalt coastal cliffs worn down by the movement of the sea look as though they were cut with a knife. The area has been chosen as one of Japan's top 100 sunset viewing spots. About two kilometers of boardwalk connect the Matengai Cliff and Kuniga Beach. It's not so far, but as there is also a 250-meter difference in elevation, getting there and back takes from 60 to 90 minutes.

Definitely need a car to access this incredible spot, or hiking for a day. But the surreal view is worth it, with the shining sea and gust of air. I felt out of Japan, out of Earth!
Onnenai Boardwalk

4.5

40 Reviews

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Hokkaido Akan-gun Tsuruimura Onnenai Onnenai Visitor Center

This is a wooden pathway that starts from the Onnenai Visitor Center at the western end of the Kushiro Wetlands. There is a two-kilometer barrier-free wooden boardwalk that allows you to stroll through the Kushiro Wetlands, observing the flora and fauna of the changing seasons. Also leading to the promenade of Kushiro Marsh Observatory, it is a very popular place to enjoy a gentle stroll. It takes approximately one hour to go around once. Depending on the season, you can enjoy seeing flowers such as bogbean, cotton grass and bog rosemary as you go around wetlands of reed, sedges and peat moss. In addition, you can see wild birds, and Heike fireflies from July to August.

Arriving just after daybreak the bridge was busy but people faded away. I counted approx 15 cranes you need decent binoculars or scope, as well as the cranes I saw a white tailed eagle, kingfisher...
Ogose Bairin Plum Forest

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Saitama Pref. Irumagunogosemachi Douyama

Ogose Bairin is one of Kanto’s 3 biggest plum forests. Among the 1,000 plum trees are some planted 650 years ago. There is a popular Plum Blossom Festival around the best viewing season, from mid-February to late March.
Uma-no-Sedomon (Horse Arch)

4.0

15 Reviews

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Kanagawa Pref. Miurashi Misakimachi Jougashima

An aesthetic landscape in Jogashima Island, Misaki-machi, Miura City. A sea cave on the southern tip of Jogashima Island created by the power of nature offset with the vastness of the Pacific Ocean is a sight to behold. The site can be located by foot from Jogashima Park located on the eastern side of the island.

城ヶ島の駐車場脇から遊歩道を歩いた先の岩場にありました。岩場に降りる階段は狭いので、犬同伴の人は抱き抱えて降りた方が、他の人に迷惑をかけません。正面から眺めるだけでなく、裏側からも眺めることができました。岩場と浜はゴツゴツ感が少なく、犬でも比較的歩きやすかった。
Funatsu Lava Tree Molds

4.0

15 Reviews

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Yamanashi Minamitsuru-gun Fujikawaguchikomachi Funatsu

About 1,000 years ago, when volcanic lava flowed from Mount Fuji, it burned everything in its path and created various shapes when it cooled. On the slopes of the mountain, there are many caves that...
Hanno Riverside

3.5

9 Reviews

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Saitama Pref. Hannoushi Kuge

Located along the Iruma River, this spot is about a 15-minute walk west of Hanno Station along Prefectural Route 70. The riverside has lots of green space where children can run free in the midst of nature. The river is shallow enough for even preschoolers to play in, and a wooden deck and a boardwalk along it makes it great for a stroll. Lots of visitors come to view the blossoms when the riverbed's cherry trees flower in spring. There's also a shopping area nearby where you can rent equipment to have a barbecue.

以前の体験ですが・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・国道２９９号沿いのスーパーマーケット敷地の隅にありました。小さな案内所ですが、商品には興味深いものもあり楽しめました。狭山茶コーラという商品があり試してみました。価格は275円とこの手の商品としては高い感じですが、物めずらしさに惹かれて飲んでみるとお茶の爽やかな香りに、甘さ控えめな味が楽しめました。この商品について、店員さんから詳しく説明を受け...
Shirakawa Suigen Spring Source

Travel / Tourism

Kumamoto Pref. Asogunminamiasomura Shirakawa 2092-1

This is a first-class river (a specified waterway of special importance protected by the government) which flows through the centre of Kumamoto City. It is classic example of Minami Aso spring water, and it was also selected as one of the 100 best waters in Japan by the Environmental Agency. The normal temperature of this spring water is 14°C and 60 tons per minute gushes out into the Shirakawa River, and it is possible to take spring water from the source home. Heat treated water is also for sale.
Inagura Rice Terraces

4.0

12 Reviews

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Nagano Pref. Uedashi Tonoshiro

"An area of terraced rice fields sprawling at the foot of mountains in the Tonoshiro area in Ueda City. The fields were cultivated between the Genroku and Meiji periods (1688-1912). After being selected as one of the 100 most beautiful rice terrace areas in Japan, conservation activities were initiated to preserve the fields. School extracurricular activity programs are conducted in the area as well as programs such as the ""Terrace Rice Owner System"" and ""Sake Rice Owner System"" which allow regular people to experience the entire rice production process from planting to harvesting and receive a bag of rice they made, or a bottle of sake created from the rice they harvested."

青空の下、美しい棚田に感動しました。ドライブ途中に立ち寄りましたが、稲刈り前の時期も良かったです。見学には協力金100円必要。
Bise Fukugi Tree Road

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Okinawa Pref. Kunigamigunmotobuchou Bise

Bise Fukugi Tree Road is a tunnel of garcinia subelliptica trees surrounding a village which is divided like a grid. The trees were planted as a wind shield for the houses and have grown. The estimated age of the oldest tree is said to be 300 years old and the bright green color is dazzling. A ride on a water buffalo cart is also recommended.
Hotokegaura

Travel / Tourism

Sai village in Shimokita-gun, Aomori Prefecture

Hotokegaura is a series of impressive giant and oddly shaped rock formations extending about two kilometers along the coast. The crashing waves continually erode the rock face, and the resulting effects are mysterious and an amazing sight, especially given the contrast between the broad, blue sea and the gray rocks. It is believed that these rocks were created by undersea volcanic activity about 20 million years ago. While the rocks are visible from land, it is also possible to take an excursion boat to see them from the sea.
Hoshitoge terraced rice fields

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Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Touge

At Hoshitoge, around 200 tanada (terraced rice fields) of different sizes dot the slopes; the appearance of the landscape changes with the seasons and with the time of day. During the period when the “Sea of Clouds” effect and the “Mizukagami” phenomenon (whereby the surface of the flooded rice fields shines like a mirror) are most common, the Hoshitoge area receives large numbers of tourists from throughout Japan. However, the fields are located on working farms, so visitors are asked to be respectful and considerate. The Hoshitoge terraced rice fields are located around 20-minute walk from Matsudai Station on the Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line.
Neagari-matsu

4.0

7 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi

This black pine tree is one of the Kenrokuen garden’s famous sights. Its name literally means “rising root pine,” and the 15-meter tall tree combined with its 40 roots of varying sizes rising as much as two meters off the ground is a stunning sight to behold. According to records, Maeda Nariyasu, the 13th lord of Kaga Domain, originally piled up a mound of earth and planted the tree on top of it; as such, its roots were originally covered by soil, but as it grew the roots became exposed. Also serving as the derivation of the former town of Neagari, in 1978 it was designated the town’s first Cultural Property. Today, a cedar bark-lined path passes by the tree, and many visitors strolling the garden take a moment to stop and admire the view.

高さが15メートルもある黒松の巨木です。その根元を見ると2メートルほど根が空中に盛り上がって生えています。人為的に作り上げたものとのことです。力強い生命力を感じます。
Amanoyasugawara

Travel / Tourism

Miyazaki Pref. Nishiusukiguntakachihochou Iwato

This riverbed is about a 10-minute walk up along the Iwato River from Amanoiwato-jinja Shrine. It is said that when Amaterasu Omikami, the Sun Goddess, shut herself inside this cave behind a rock door, eight million gods gathered here and held a ceremony. If you stack rocks and make a wish, it will supposedly come true—which is why countless piles of rocks can be seen in the area, creating a mysterious sight indeed.
Kozan Lavender Hill

4.0

7 Reviews

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Hiroshima Pref. Seragunserachou Bessako 794-9

This is a great flower-viewing garden for enjoying flora in all four seasons—poppies in spring, lavender in summer, and cosmos in fall. It features a café and herb garden as well, so you can partake of lavender ice cream and fresh herbal tea.

ラベンダーが見納めの時期に行きました。ドライフラワー用に1人100本までラベンダーを持ち帰ることが出来ました。しかし炎天下で、まだ綺麗な状態の花を探す作業は結構大変でした。最盛期に来たいです。
Hongan Shozu Itoyo no Sato

3.5

7 Reviews

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Fukui Ono-shi Itoyocho 8-44

A learning facility in Itoyo-cho, Ono City. It's located next to the Hongan Shozu spring water pond which is one of the few habitats for the three-spined stickleback fish and as such as been designated as a Natural Monument of Japan. Inside the building you can learn all about the ecology of the stickleback with an area where you can watch them and exhibits teaching you about their living environment.

イトヨとは何か知らなかったのですが、綺麗な水に生息している淡水魚でした。魚にはトゲがあると聞きました。入るときは何か掃除をしている方がいたのですが中には職員の方はいました。