Okinawa
Prince Ginowan Tropical Beach
Near the convention centre in Ginowan, a beach the townspeople use.
Nature & Scenery1,717 entries
13,910 entries. Some places appear in more than one collection. Confirm visits with each facility.
1,717ShowingAll JapanArea12Themes
1,717 entries / page 71 of 72
Outlying Islands
Ugu Beach (Nagahama Beach)
About a kilometre of natural white sand, known locally as Ougu beach.
Yaeyama Islands
Tamatorizaki Observatory
At the eastern foot of Mount Kin, looking from Cape Nohara in the south to Cape Hirakubo at the northern tip of Ishigakijima.
Miyako Islands
Sawada Beach
A shallow bay between Irabujima and Shimojishima, chosen among Japan's hundred finest shores in 1996.
OkinawaNature & SceneryOkinawa
Emerald Beach
Inside the Ocean Expo Park, divided into three: a beach for play, one for rest and one for the view.
Miyako Islands
Shima-no-Eki Miyako
A farm stand on Miyakojima supporting the island's growers.
Kerama Islands
Zamami Village Tourism Association Aoi no Yukuru-kan
Just by Zamami port, inside the Environment Ministry visitor centre, with travel information and left luggage.
OkinawaNature & SceneryOkinawa
Zanpa Beach
A village-run beach on the west coast of Yomitan, beside Cape Zanpa park.
Okinawa
Sun Marina Beach
Four hundred metres of beach, given the highest grade in the Environment Ministry's water quality survey.
Okinawa
Mibaru Beach
A shallow natural beach, where white coral and shells wash up for collecting.
Hokkaido
Notoro Lake Coral Grass Colony and Notoro Lake Coral Grass Festival
A colony of glasswort along Lake Notoro in Abashiri. In autumn the shoreline turns red.
Hokkaido
Susukino / Susukino Matsuri
Sapporo's nightlife district. At the August festival, portable shrines and dancers fill the streets.
HokkaidoNature & SceneryHokkaido
Hokuryu-cho Himawari-no-Sato and Himawari Festival
About 23 hectares of sunflowers across the hills of Hokuryu, among the largest such fields in Japan.
MiyagiNature & SceneryMiyagi
Ishinomaki Kawabiraki Matsuri
A festival in central Ishinomaki, with a parade of portable shrines and a drum and fife corps, closing with some 6,000 fireworks.
MiyagiNature & SceneryMiyagi
Sendai Aoba Festival
Descended from the Edo-period Sendai Festival and revived on the 350th anniversary of Masamune's death, with sparrow dancing, a warrior procession and float parade.
MiyagiNature & SceneryMiyagi
Shiogama Minato Matsuri
Two sacred barges carrying portable shrines cross Matsushima Bay, followed by about 100 escort boats. One of Japan's three great boat festivals.
Miyagi
Kurikoma Dashi Matsuri
On the eve, hand dancing and floats moving by night; on the day itself, the musicians play together and the floats go round the town.
Miyagi
Himawari Matsuri
420,000 sunflowers on a hill at Sanbongi in Osaki. Ice cream and sweets are made from the sunflowers too.
AkitaNature & SceneryOmagari - Kakunodate - Lake Tazawa
National Fireworks Competition (Omagari Fireworks)
A fireworks competition at Omagari in Daisen. Makers come from across Japan; it is held to be the most prestigious such contest in the country.
Omagari - Kakunodate - Lake Tazawa
Kakunodate Festival Float Event (Kakunodate Festival)
Kakunodate's festival, held every 7 to 9 September. Some 400 years old, it has floats that ram each other.