12 Outdoors Nikko’s Yunoko Lake in Autumn Tomoko Kamishima If you want to avoid the busy places in Nikko, the Yunoko Lake area is a nice place to take a deep breath.
Outdoors The Botanical Gardens of Sapporo R.S. Reynolds A visit to Hokkaido University's Botanical Gardens in Sapporo, Hokkaido
11 Outdoors Nikko's Yuno-ko in Summer Nicole Bauer Looking for a place to cool down in the middle of the summer? Located at 1478m above sea level, lake Yunoko in Oku-Nikko is the..
8 Outdoors Izumi's Wintering Cranes Mandy Bartok Elegant cranes spend their winter months on the plains of Izumi in northern Kagoshima.
15 Outdoors Hiking the Dewa Sanzan Amber Mezbourian The Dewa Sanzan are the three sacred peaks of Yamagata, representing birth, death and rebirth. For centuries, pilgrims have walked..
Outdoors Canoeing in Kushiro Wetlands Tomoko Kamishima Canoeing in Kushiro Wetlands: Kushiro, located in the east part of Hokkaido, contains the largest wetlands in Japan.
13 Seasonal The Scarecrows of Kaminada L. MacLean Traditional, cute, and scary scarecrows can be found at Kaminada and other places in Ehime during the rice growing season.
Outdoors Horse-riding in Yamanashi Featured Horse-riding in Yamanashi against the backdrop of Mount Yatsugatake and Minami Alps in autumn