Outdoors A Journey From Kyoto to Wakayama Featured and Osaka, pilgrimages were focused on the southern area and the sacred mountain... The Holy Mountain, Koyasan Kobo Daishi founded the Koyasan spiritual center
Activities Uonuma Moss Phlox Festival 2024 Apr 25th - May 12th admission fee to enjoy the event, but donations of ¥300 are suggested to help maintain
Outdoors Experience Toba's Ama Diver Culture Cathy Cawood Park which protects the area’s coastline and densely forested hills and mountains... Mineral-rich silt is carried by rivers from the mountains into the sheltered
Outdoors Kawachi Wisteria Tunnels Tristan Scholze people from around the world come to this majestic garden hidden in the mountains... Wisteria, or fuji in Japanese, a wooden vine that can be found naturally climbing
Activities Autumn Maple Festival at Togo Park 2024 Mid - Late Nov The park itself is built on the side of a mountain and is carved into terraces
Activities Yomiuri Land Yomiuri Land is a Japanese theme park that first opened in 1964. It is located on a mountainside and features rides such as roller coasters and water..
Activities Come for the Castle, Stay for the Sake: Himeji Rachel E T Davies making sake for the first time at the Niwata Shrine, on the edge of a tiny mountain
Camping & Trekking Going Up Mt. Takao by Chair Lift Todd Wojnowski Takao without having to do all that climbing