Search results for Aug.
Being the hottest temperatures of the year, August means summer holidays for schools, and the number of tourists increases considerably. There are summer festivals and firework shows being held everywhere, and even beach resorts get in on the liveliness with outdoor oceanfront restaurants. Make sure to stop by and enjoy the towering flowers at a sunflower field too!
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Hitachi Seaside Park
- Ibaraki
- About 4.5million nemophila flowers spread over the ”Miharashi no Oka,” which is 3.5 hectares large! Besides nemophilas, many...
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Baikamo, Samegai
- Shiga & Lake Biwa
- Samegai is famous for the marine “Water Buttercup” flower, a small white flower which blooms from mid May to late August. Che...
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Niyodo River
- Kochi
- Niyodo River is a beautiful and attractive river that is widely known as ”Niyodo Blue”. Many people visit the river for river...
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Funaya at Ine Bay
- Kyoto
- 230 boat houses facing the Sea of Japan stands in a row on the waters of Ine bay. On the first level of these traditional buildings, ther...
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Hase-dera Temple
- Kamakura
- This temple draws large crowds in the high season around June. About 2 million hydrangeas are strewn on the mountain slope, and bloom du...
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Harajiri Waterfall
- Oita & Beppu
- A scenic waterfall selected as one of the “Top 100 Waterfalls of Japan”, as well as one of the “Top 100 Views of Oita&r...
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Lake Biwa
- Shiga & Lake Biwa
- Lake Biwa is the largest lake in Japan in terms of area size and water volume, and it takes up about 1/6 of Shiga Prefecture. It's a...
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Yamabuki Water Source
- Kumamoto
- Yamabuki Water Source has been designated as one of the “Top 100 Exquisite Waters” of the prefecture. Approx. 30-tons of wate...
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Ozegahara
- Gunma
- Wetlands at an altitude of 1,400 meters, surrounded by 2,000 meter tall mountains. They spread out 6km wide from east to west and 2km lon...
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Narai-juku
- Nagano
- After travelers came over the worst of the Torii Pass, what waited for them was a post-station town known as ”Narai of the Thousand...