Mountains and Highlands in Japan
「mountain/plateau」Tourist Attractions
Bijinbayashi Forest
Bijinbayashi is a beech forest about 100 years old, located in Matsunoyama, Tokamachi City. It was cut down for charcoal production at the end of the Taisho era, but the bee...
Utsukushigahara
Utsukushigahara Plateau is an expansive highland that stretches approximately 2,000 meters above sea level and is located in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. During the su...
Mikurigaike
Mikuri Lake, with its clear and beautiful surface, is a symbol of Murodou and is regarded as the most beautiful volcanic lake in the Northern Alps. This lake, formed about 1...
Washuzan Observation Deck
Washu Mountain Observatory is located near the summit of Washu Mountain within Setonaikai National Park and has been designated as a national scenic spot. There are two obse...
Nasu Flower World
Nasu Flower World is a vast flower park located in the Nasu Highlands. The colorful flower fields resemble a painting and are cherished as the geoglyph of Nasu Hana (Nasukai...
Nokogiriyama
Mount Nokogiri is a mountain rising approximately 330 meters high on the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture. Known since the Edo period through to the Showa era as a source ...
Jomon Sugi
Jomon Sugi is the most famous giant tree among the Yakusugi trees located on Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, with an estimated age ranging from 2,170 to 7,200 year...
Sapporo Moiwa Mountain Ropeway
Mount Moiwa, easily accessible from the center of Sapporo at an elevation of 531 meters, is a popular spot where visitors can reach the summit via a combination of a ropeway...
Kokono'e "Yume" Ootsurihashi
The Kuju "Dream" Suspension Bridge, located in Kuju Town, Oita Prefecture, boasts the highest walkway-only suspension bridge in Japan. With an elevation of 777 meters, a tot...
