Oze National Park
Oze is home to many beautiful flowers, including skunk cabbages that bloom in marshes during the thawing season and daylilies…
Nasukarasuyama City (Nasukarasuyama-shi)
Nasukarasuyama City (Nasukarasuyama-shi) is famous for it’s handmade Japanese paper and the Yama-age Festival, which is over 400 years old….
Lake Toya, Mount Usu & Showa Shinzan (Toya Usu Geopark) in Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Toyako Onsen, Toyako Town (Toyako-cho)
Lake Toya (Toya-ko), from the Ainu words for lake (to) and hill (ya), is one of the two northernmost ice-free…
Izu Peninsula Scuba Diving Areas Tours & Courses
Japan is an island nation sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Sea of Japan to the…
The Black Ship Festival In Shimoda (Kurofune Matsuri)
The most famous festival of Shimoda celebrates in honor of the arrival on the Blackship and Commodore Perry landing in…
Hakone town (Hakone-machi) Area Guide
Perhaps the oldest and most famous vacation spot in Japan, Hakone’s natural scenery and hot springs are still frequented by…
Introduction to Matsusaka City
Location and Terrain The newly created New Matsusaka City is located almost in the center of Mie Prefecture. Ise Bay…
Odawara Festivals and Events in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Season, Odawara City (Odawara-shi) Tourism
Akibasan Hibuse Matsuri (Firewalking Festival) is a ritual performed by mountaineering ascetics called Yamabushi in their unique clothes in Odawara,…
Mt. Iou/Io/Iwo (Io-zan), Teshikaga Town (Teshikaga-cho)
JapanGuides.net Mt. Iou/Io/Iwo (Io-zan), which is referred to as Atosanupuri (naked mountain) in Ainu, rises 512 m above sea level….
Miho Peninsula Area, Shizuoka City (Shizuoka-shi)
See the mysteries of the sea on the breaking waves. With gorgeous views, beaches tinged with legend, marine sport facilities…
Iruka Pond, near Meiji Mura in Inuyama City (Inuyama-shi)
JapanGuides.net Iruka Pond is a reservoir constructed for irrigation. It is about 1,580,000 square meters in area and has a…
Inuyama Cormorant Fishing and Boat Tours on KISO River, Inuyama City, Aichi
According to a document dated in 702, it is believed that the cormorant fishing around Kiso River region started about…
Inuyama Internatinal Sightseeing Center“ FREUDE”, Inuyama city, AICHI
JapanGuides.net Built as a base for linking international exchange activities and the rich tourist attractions of INUYAMA,International Sightseeing Center “FREUDE”…
Shizuoka Autumn Festivals
Festival Period: A naked festival in honor of the shrine deity, held on the Saturday preceding August 10 under the…
Chitose Study Tours – Chitose City (Chitose-shi) has a wealth of study tours!
Step into an unknown world and make new and exciting discoveries! Visit Chitose Salmon Aquarium to see the many fish…
Nagoya Port Building & “Fuji” Antarctic Museum, Nagoya Sea Port, Nagoya City (Nagoya-shi)
JapanGuides.net The Port Building houses the Maritime Museum and a 53m high observatory. The icebreaker “Fuji” was a primary observation…
About Oze – Oshimizu, Lake Ozenuma, Fujimi & Hatomachi Pass, Yamanohana, Ryugu, Yoshippori Tashiro
In Oze there are a number of famous, scenic spots, such as the Waterfall of Sanjo, Yama-no-Hana, the Hatomachi Pass,…
Matsusaka Cotton Weaving Center, Matsusaka City (Matsusaka-shi)
JapanGuides.net In the Edo Period, local merchants shipped cotton and cotton products from Matsusaka to Edo (Tokyo). Today, products made…
Garo Falls (Garo-no-taki), Shimamaki Village (Shimamaki-mura)
JapanGuides.net The Garo Highlands spread at the foot of Mt. Kariba, which is said to be the highest mountain in…
Northern Area – Stops Along the Historic Tokaido Road – Kuwana, Komono, Kameyama, Tado and Yokkaichi City
JapanGuides.net The Northern Area is bounded by the Yoro mountains to the north and the towering Suzuka range to the…
Toba Sea-Folk Museum (Museum of the Sea), Toba City (Toba-shi), Ise-Shima (Shima Peninsula) Area
JapanGuides.net The Toba Sea-Folk Museum (Museum of the Sea) has exhibits organized around seven themes on the relation of the…