24 Outdoors Takaosan Elena Lisina Takaosan is a good place for hiking as it suggests a few different hiking trails. Many visitors come to Yakuoin temple to pray to..
Outdoors Hiking in Ome Maren Pauli How I accidentally discovered nature in Tokyo because I lost my way while I was trying to find a shrine.
10 Outdoors Hiraniwa Plateau, Iwate Josef Diermair The Hiraniwa Plateau, Iwate Prefecture is a quiet area with only a few people living here. I can recommend it for its lovely birch..
12 Camping & Trekking Tochigi Ohira-san Hiking Tomoko Kamishima Ohira-san, a hill (341 meters high) at the northern edge of the Kanto Plain, commands a superb view of the whole Kanto area.
9 Outdoors Bamboo Forest Trail to Ishite-ji Anonymous The area around Ishite-ji is pretty weird. On the path that leads there from Isaniwa Shrine in Dogo which passes through a bamboo..
11 Outdoors Tokamachi Snow Festival in Niigata Manish Prabhune The Tokamachi Snow Festival has snow sculptures, night time illumination and music shows in the quiet town of Tokamachi, Niigata
10 Outdoors Oyunuma Chris Barnes Oyunuma is a thermal lake located in Rankoshi town in the greater Niseko region.