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36 places across 9 regions. Filter, save the ones you like, and plan your trip.

36 places

SpringAutumn
Kansai

Arashiyama

Storm Mountain, across the Ōi River

Easy Accessible walking VideoArticleMap
SpringAutumnWinter
Kyushu

Beppu

Hot springs at the head of Beppu Bay

Easy Accessible walking VideoArticleMap
SummerAutumn
Hokkaido

Biei

Hills built out of volcanic ash

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SpringAutumnWinter
Shikoku

Dōgo Onsen

A bathhouse of 1894, over springs far older

Easy Accessible walking VideoArticleMap
SummerWinter
Hokkaido

Furano

Lavender fields, and a name meaning stinky flame

Easy Cycling route VideoArticleMap
SpringSummerAutumn
Tohoku

Geibikei Gorge

Poled up a limestone ravine, and sung back down

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All seasons
Chugoku

Hiroshima

A castle town of 1589, and 6 August 1945

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SpringSummerAutumn
Okinawa

Ishigaki

The centre of the Yaeyama Islands

Easy Coastal & dune walking VideoArticleMap
SpringSummerAutumn
Chugoku

Itsukushima

One of the Three Views of Japan, named in 1643

Moderate Church & sacred site VideoArticleMap
SpringSummerAutumn
Shikoku

Iya Valley

Vine bridges in the deep of Shikoku

Hard Gorge & canyon VideoArticleMap
All seasons
Kanto

Kamakura

The shogun's capital, 1185 to 1333

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SummerAutumn
Chubu

Kamikōchi

Eighteen kilometres under the Northern Alps

Moderate Alpine & high mountain VideoArticleMap
All seasons
Chubu

Kanazawa

The marsh of gold, seat of the Kaga Domain

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All seasons
Chubu

Kenroku-en

One of the Three Great Gardens of Japan

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SpringAutumn
Kansai

Kumano Kodō

Pilgrim roads across the Kii Peninsula

Hard Church & sacred site VideoArticleMap
SpringSummerAutumn
Chugoku

Kurashiki

A city made from islands joined to the land

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All seasons
Kansai

Kyoto

The imperial seat from 794 until 1869

Easy Church & sacred site VideoArticleMap
SpringSummerAutumn
Chubu

Magome-juku

The forty-third, over an 800-metre pass

Moderate Hill walking VideoArticleMap
SpringSummerAutumn
Kyushu

Mount Aso

A caldera 25 kilometres across

Moderate Alpine & high mountain VideoArticleMap
Summer
Chubu

Mount Fuji

3,776 metres, under snow five months a year

Expert Alpine & high mountain VideoArticleMap
SpringSummerAutumn
Kansai

Mount Kōya

120 sub-temples on a lotus-shaped plain

Easy Abbey & monastery VideoArticleMap
All seasons
Kanto

Mount Takao

599 metres, an hour from downtown Tokyo

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All seasons
Okinawa

Naha

The old trading heart of the Ryukyu Kingdom

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SpringSummerAutumn
Shikoku

Naoshima

Turrell, De Maria and Monet, in the earth

Easy Art & museum VideoArticleMap
All seasons
Kansai

Nara

The capital of Japan, 710 to 784

Easy Church & sacred site VideoArticleMap
SpringSummerAutumn
Kanto

Nikkō

Never say kekkō until you have seen Nikkō

Moderate Church & sacred site VideoArticleMap
All seasons
Kansai

Osaka

An imperial capital, briefly, and a port ever since

Easy Accessible walking VideoArticleMap
SummerAutumnWinter
Hokkaido

Sapporo

A grid plan laid down in 1869

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All seasons
Kanto

Tokyo

Twenty-three wards at the head of the bay

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SpringSummerAutumn
Chubu

Tsumago-juku

The forty-second post town on the Nakasendō

Moderate Hill walking VideoArticleMap
SpringSummerAutumn
Kyushu

Yakushima

A Biosphere Reserve run on its own rivers

Hard Forest & estate VideoArticleMap
SummerWinter
Tohoku

Zaō Onsen

The Springs of Beauty, and the snow monsters

Moderate Alpine & high mountain VideoArticleMap