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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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...
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Ginzan Onsen
- Yamagata
- This hot spring was made famous by the NHK television drama “Oshin”. Gas street lamps burn at night, and the closely packed w...
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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. Ch...
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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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Kawaguchiko Oishi Park
- Mt. Fuji
- Spreading like a purple carpet across the park during summer, the park’s lavender fields with Mt. Fuji in the background are a sigh...
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Sunflower Fields in Akeno
- Yamanashi
- Hokuto City in Yamanashi Prefecture is a mountainous town situated in the northwestern part of the prefecture, which boarders Kayano City...
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Angel Road
- Kagawa
- This sandy path appears twice in a day for about 4 hours, and only at low tide. At this time, Bentenjima island in the southwest of Shozu...
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Nagaoka Fireworks Festival
- Niigata
- This is one of the three largest fireworks festivals of Japan, and it was held for the first time to wish for the recovery of Japan after...
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Funaya at Ine Bay
- Kyoto
- 230 boathouses facing the Sea of Japan stand in a row on the waters of Ine bay. On the first level of these traditional buildings, there ...
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Mishaka Pond
- Nagano
- Mishaka Pond reflects the surrounding landscape of each season like a mirror, offering a breathtaking and magical view no matter when you...