What are some scenic sites or nature spots in Japan that you had long heard about and which didn't disappoint you when you saw them for the first time?
Kamikochi in the red leaf autumn. Japan Alps in the snow winter. Shinmaiko Beach Tatsuno in the Spring. Matsumoto Castle in the spring/autumn or full moon. Suwa Lake and the fireflies.
The view from the top of the mountain in Hakodate. Magnificent! Would be perfect if they didn't have horrible canned music blaring out from the speakers!
Night skyscrapers which you can see when you drive on the Metropolitan Expressway. That's really wonderful and magnificent. That always makes me think that I would live there if I had enough money.
What are some scenic sites or nature spots in Japan that you had long heard about and which didn't disappoint you when you saw them for the first time?
The many gorges I’ve been to in the south, but mostly the ones I’ve never heard about or made a special trip for, just stumble across them on a camping trip, drive, etc. Especially taking a wrong turn and finding those beautiful green valleys filled with rice fields.
None. But there have been plenty I did NOT know (much) about beforehand and that wowed me. Yeah, Yakushima and the torii gate at Itsukushima, are quite the thing, but what I think I've loved most are the little things: hiking in the mountains Kagoshima and realizing that I head no sound at all, and that it could have been anywhere. Driving along very scary and narrow cliff rows (with no guardrails) in Shikoku on the way to Kochi and seeing a beautiful lake below. Or the beauty of Tateyama covered in snow on your left, and the ocean on your right, with but a couple of kilometers in between, in Uozu, Toyama.
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PTownsend
Fuji-san. Golden ratio in nature.
Strangerland
鋸山 (のこぎりやま Nokogiriyama) in Chiba prefecture: https://tokyocheapo.com/entertainment/view-nokogiriyama-hiking-chiba/
Toshihiro
I second Fuji-san. Photographs can't do justice when you see it in person, especially during sunrise and sunset
Jtsnose
Itsukushima Shrine, torii gate.
commanteer
Yakushima... it's a magical place
zichi
Kamikochi in the red leaf autumn. Japan Alps in the snow winter. Shinmaiko Beach Tatsuno in the Spring. Matsumoto Castle in the spring/autumn or full moon. Suwa Lake and the fireflies.
BertieWooster
The view from the top of the mountain in Hakodate. Magnificent! Would be perfect if they didn't have horrible canned music blaring out from the speakers!
Ike-in-Tokyo-from-89
Shakotan coast in Hokkaido.
Douglas Whitman
The 200+ cue line going up Mt Fuji never disappoints.
Toasted Heretic
Gonna second Nokogiriyama and Yakushima.
Douglas Whitman
No votes for Kabukicho? Weird.
Poor English Speaker
Night skyscrapers which you can see when you drive on the Metropolitan Expressway. That's really wonderful and magnificent. That always makes me think that I would live there if I had enough money.
FizzBit
The many gorges I’ve been to in the south, but mostly the ones I’ve never heard about or made a special trip for, just stumble across them on a camping trip, drive, etc. Especially taking a wrong turn and finding those beautiful green valleys filled with rice fields.
smithinjapan
None. But there have been plenty I did NOT know (much) about beforehand and that wowed me. Yeah, Yakushima and the torii gate at Itsukushima, are quite the thing, but what I think I've loved most are the little things: hiking in the mountains Kagoshima and realizing that I head no sound at all, and that it could have been anywhere. Driving along very scary and narrow cliff rows (with no guardrails) in Shikoku on the way to Kochi and seeing a beautiful lake below. Or the beauty of Tateyama covered in snow on your left, and the ocean on your right, with but a couple of kilometers in between, in Uozu, Toyama.
Mt. Fuji? Overrated.
Mocheake
Kamikochi. Absolutely beautiful, especially on a crisp late fall morning.