ChibaNature & SceneryTateyama
Okinoshima
An uninhabited island joined to the land when the Great Kanto Earthquake lifted the ground.
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Ogasawara Islands
Islands inscribed as World Natural Heritage. They belong to Tokyo, yet lie about 1,000 kilometres from the mainland.
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NiigataNature & ScenerySado
Tarai Bune
Tubs for gathering wakame and abalone among the rocks. Visitors can row them too.
NiigataNature & SceneryTokamachi
Kiyotsu Gorge
One of the three great gorges of Japan. Columnar jointing reflects in the water mirror inside the tunnel.
NiigataNature & SceneryTokamachi
Hoshitoge Rice Terraces
Two hundred paddies catching the morning sun. Certified as a Tsunagu Terraced Rice Fields Heritage site.
NiigataNature & SceneryYahiko
Mt. Yahiko
A view over the Echigo plain and the Japan Sea, with the inner shrine at the summit.
ToyamaNature & SceneryTateyama
Yuki no Otani
You walk between walls of snow 20 metres high, cut open by the ploughs.
ToyamaNature & SceneryTakaoka
Amaharashi Coast
Across the water, the 3,000-metre peaks of the Tateyama range stand in a row.
IshikawaNature & SceneryWakasa
Mikata Goko
Five lakes that change colour. The varves of Lake Suigetsu became a world standard measure.
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Funatsu Jinja
Held to be Hokuriku's foremost ancient shrine, and the tutelary shrine of eyewear country.
FukuiNature & SceneryWakasa
Mikata Five Lakes
Differences in salinity give the five lakes different colours. The varves of Lake Suigetsu are a world standard.
YamanashiNature & SceneryAround Fujikawaguchiko
Fuji Five Lakes
Fuji seen from Lake Motosu is the design on the old thousand-yen note, the Noguchi Hideyo bill. The lakes formed when eruptions dammed the valleys.
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Nishizawa Valley
The five-tiered Nanatsugama falls. Potholes cut into granite by water run one after another.
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Okaidan Meguri
You feel your way along a pitch-dark corridor, and touching the lock is said to promise rebirth in paradise.
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