Natural features
Mount Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes
Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Japan's highest and most sacred mountain, a near-perfect volcanic cone 3,776 m high, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features in Japan
Natural features
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
Kyoto, Kyōto
A path through towering green bamboo in western Kyoto, which creaks and rustles in the wind.
Natural features
Hakone
Hakone, Kanagawa
A hot-spring resort in the mountains near Mount Fuji, ideal for staying in a ryokan (traditional inn) and bathing in an onsen.
Natural features
Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park
Yamanouchi, Nagano
A valley in the mountains of Nagano where wild Japanese macaques bathe in a hot spring to keep warm, especially in winter, when snow covers their fur.
Natural features
Kenroku-en Garden, Kanazawa
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
One of Japan's three great gardens, created by the lords of Kanazawa over two centuries, with ponds, streams, tea houses and a two-legged stone lante…
Natural features
Shiretoko National Park
Hokkaidō
A remote peninsula on the north-east tip of Hokkaido, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with brown bears, deer and sea eagles.