Search results for Sep.
With the weather growing more pleasant day by day, September is the time to make trips. The beginning of September is a busy time of year: some areas are still holding festivals, others are filled with cosmos flowers and pampas grass, and in the north there are places where the leaves are already changing. If you want to see a diversity of landscapes, September is the month for you.
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Happoike Pond
- Nagano
- Like a giant mirror, the Hakuba mountain range is reflected on the surface of this mysterious pond. At an elevation of 2,060m, the red au...
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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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Shirakawa-go
- Hidatakayama
- The style of architecture known as Gassho-zukuri (Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof) and the townscape of Shirakawa-go are...
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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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Lake Kawaguchiko
- Mt. Fuji
- One of the five lakes of Mt. Fuji, Kawaguchi-ko offers a luxurious opportunity to enjoy a close view of this magnificent mountain. Here, ...
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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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Gifu Castle
- Gifu
- A great castle at the summit of Mt. Kinkazan from the Sengoku period. It was said that ”whoever controls Mino controls the world&rd...
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Kimono Forest, Arashiyama
- Kyoto
- 2-meter high poles exhibit artwork decorated with the Kyoyuzen pattern. The 600 modern Japanese artwork pieces are lit up after sunset. T...
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Makino Metasequoia Tree-Lined Street
- Shiga & Lake Biwa
- Makino Town near Lake Biwa has been designated as one the "Top 100 Tree-lined Streets of Japan". Over 500 metasequoia trees are...
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Mt. Kurikoma (Sukawadake)
- Iwate
- With a height of 1,626.5m, Mt. Kurikoma is straddled across Iwate, Akita and Miyagi Prefectures. The autumnal leaves seen on one side of ...