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Flowers Heisei 100 landscapes Hokkaido Nature 

[Heisei#54] Colorful flower beds and mysterious blue pond in Biei

17 August 2017 Julien Giry 0 Comments

In the heart of wild Hokkaido, the northernmost Japanese island and prefecture, an unexpected landscape is to be discovered. Pastoral fields and tiny farms cultivating cereals and vegetables – almost without rice fields to be seen! Biei reminds us of… Read more

Heisei 100 landscapes Hokkaido Ranking 

[Heisei#53] Hakodate’s night view is famous as Japan’s best

15 August 2017 Aurélie Roperch 0 Comments

Hakodate, in the Southern part of Hokkaido, is famous for its star-shaped Goryokaku fort, for its former European style buildings and for the night view. Famous as Japan’s most beautiful one, it attracts thousands of visitors daily in summer. But… Read more

Aomori Heisei 100 landscapes Matsuri Tohoku Traditions 

[Heisei#52] Colored floats and dancers for the Nebuta Matsuri

12 August 201712 August 2017 Julien Giry 0 Comments

Just like some giant, colorful and animated sculptures, held over the city five nights in a row. Aomori’s Nebuta Matsuri features huge human-shaped lanterns famous in the whole country, just as the many dancers’ groups wearing the haneto (the matsuri… Read more

Akita Aomori Heisei 100 landscapes Nature Tohoku 

[Heisei#51] Shirakami-Sanchi, mountain range and virgin forest

11 August 2017 Aurélie Roperch 0 Comments

North-West of Tohoku, between Aomori and Akita prefecture, Shirakami-Sanchi is an extensive mountain range whose core is made up of the last virgin beech forests in Japan. The area is a World Heritage Site since 1993 and one of the… Read more

Ehime Heisei 100 landscapes Onsen Shikoku Traditions 

[Heisei#50] The 3000 years long history of Dogo Onsen

6 August 2017 Aurélie Roperch 0 Comments

Matsuyama has long been home of Japan’s most famous bath house, the three-storied and labyrinthic Dogo Onsen. According to the locals, the hot spring has been used for nothing less than 3000 years. And what is sure is that the… Read more

Aomori Castles Heisei 100 landscapes Tohoku 

[Heisei#49] Hirosaki’s apples and moving castle

5 August 20175 August 2017 Julien Giry 0 Comments

At the gates of wild Shirakami-Sanchi Park (a natural World Heritage Site) and surrounded by vast apple orchards, Hirosaki is an ancient cultural capital in Northern Tohoku. From its long History, a strong three-storied castle remained in the heart of… Read more

Heisei 100 landscapes Honshu Nature Yamaguchi 

[Heisei#48] Japan’s largest cave under Akiyoshidai karst plateau

30 July 201730 July 2017 Julien Giry 0 Comments

At the far end of Honshu, Japan’s main island, Yamaguchi prefecture is home of several unique features. Aside the famous shape of the Kintai-kyo, Iwakuni’s bridge, the area is famous for the quasi-national park of Akiyoshidai. A 130 km² plateau… Read more

Nature Off the track Shikoku Tokushima 

Iya valley in the wild heart of Shikoku

28 July 201714 August 2017 Aurélie Roperch 0 Comments

A green valley between majestic hills catching the clouds. The landscape might have been imaginary, out of mysterious dream, if it wasn’t real, in the heart of Shikoku! The Iya valley offers another sight of Japan, in the West of… Read more

Heisei 100 landscapes Kochi Nature Shikoku 

[Heisei#47] Shimanto in Shikoku is Japan’s last pristine river

25 July 2017 Julien Giry 0 Comments

Kochi prefecture in Shikoku, Japan’s fourth island, is home of the Shimanto river. A 196 kilometers long beautiful and wild watercourse, known as the last pristine river of the country. Far from the crowded cities, the banks of the Shimanto-gawa… Read more

Heisei 100 landscapes Shikoku Tokushima Traditions 

[Heisei#46] The Naruto whirlpools not only in ramen

23 July 201723 July 2017 Julien Giry 0 Comments

There are several Naruto in Japan. Long before becoming a world famous manga character, naruto has been the name to a special kind of Japanese surimi – white and pink on top of Tokyo-style ramen mostly. And these small whirlpools… Read more

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