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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Sankei-en Garden
- Yokohama
- The garden was opened in 1906 by successful silk trader Hara Sankei in a district of Yokohama City that overlooks Tokyo Bay. In the garde...
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Blue Pond (Aoiike)
- Furano, Biei, Sounkyo Gorge
- This scenery, which has become world famous after being used as a wallpaper for the MacBook Pro, is actually a pond that was formed by ch...
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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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Kinosaki Onsen
- Hyogo & Kobe
- The legend of this onsen (hot spring) says that it was discovered by the sighting of an injured stork healing its wounds in the waters. I...