Search results for Summer
Summer in Japan runs from June to August. We have put together the most beautiful sights of the season, including summer-only festivals and fireworks displays, blue summer seas and white beaches, mountains to climb precisely because it's summer, fields of sunflowers, cool highlands and forests, isolated islands, blooming hydrangeas, and the highland greenery of early summer.
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Bishamondo with red leaves of autumn
- Kyoto
- Monzeki Temple of the Tendai sect founded in 703. In the autumn, the scenery of the stone steps turns into burning red with fallen maple...
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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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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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Anrakuji Temple
- Kyoto
- Juren and Anrakuji Temple was opened by Shishigatani Soan, the disciple of Honen. The temple is also known as “Suzumushi Temple&rdq...
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Yoyogi Park
- Tokyo
- One of the parks and gardens in Tokyo located in the heart of the city. Yoshino cherry trees welcome you in spring, and red leaves allure...
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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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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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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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Togetsukyo Bridge
- Kyoto
- Often used in movies and TV dramas, the Togetsukyo Bridge is the symbol of Arashiyama, Kyoto. Every December it is lit up in an event cal...
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Nanzenji Temple
- Kyoto
- Nanzenji is the most prestigious of all the Zen Buddhism temples in Japan. The Lake Biwa Canal Waterway Route, which passes through the v...