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Held all across Japan primarily around the Christmas season, illuminations are part of the poetry of the season and announce the coming winter. We’ll also introduce light festivals held in different seasons together with blooming cherry blossoms, autumn leaves, and falling snow.
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Arakura Mountain Sengen Park (Arakurayama Sengen Park)
- Mt. Fuji
- Arakura Sengen Shrine is one of the foremost scenic destinations of Fujiyoshida City. Climb the 397-step staircase located near the main ...
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Kifune Shrine
- Kyoto
- Kifune is an old shrine that worships a dragon god who controls water. It has had a long history of believers from the ancient times. The...
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Hirosaki Park
- Aomori
- The construction of Hirosaki Castle started around 1603 and it is now a historical site. It is said to have the best sakura (cherry bloss...
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Fushimi Inari Taisha
- Kyoto
- Very popular with tourists from overseas! Thousands of torii gates, the symbolic archway to Shinto shrines, have been line the entrance ...
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Tsunoshima Oohashi
- Yamaguchi
- Tsunoshima Ohashi opened to the public on November 3rd, 2000. The straight bridge over the ocean making you feel as if you were in a clip...
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Ashikaga Flower Park
- Tochigi
- Floral Artistic Village - Ashikaga Flower Park. The park offers gardens featuring several hundreds of flowers and trees based on the them...
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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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Mount Chausu Plateau
- Aichi
- At 1,415 meters high, Mount Chausu is the highest in Aichi prefecture. It is a place where many leisure activities and sports can be enj...
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The Cherry Blossom of Komatsunagi
- Nagano
- This is said to be the legendary tree where Minamoto no Yoshitsune affixed his horse. Spreading out like a big fan, this double weeping r...
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Shibu Onsen (Hot Springs)
- Nagano
- Right along the Yokoyugawa river rests this quaint, old-fashioned hot springs town. Visitors will be greeted by the sight of steam rising...
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