Activities
Outdoor adventures, experiences, and things to do
67 spots
Biwako Valley
Biwako Valley (びわ湖バレイ) is a year-round mountain resort at 1,100m elevation on Horai Mountain, overlooking Lake Biwa. The…
Lake Biwa Leisure Activities
Lake Biwa functions as an inland ocean for Kansai region residents, offering beach swimming, fishing, kayaking, SUP (sta…
Mt. Fuji
Mount Fuji (富士山, Fuji-san) at 3,776 meters doesn't just loom over the Kanto plain—it commands it. The Shizuoka side owns…
Atami Onsen
Atami (熱海, 'hot sea') is Japan's most famous seaside onsen resort, located on Sagami Bay with views across to the Izu Pe…
Shimoda Beaches
Shimoda (下田) is the southernmost city on the Izu Peninsula, famous for white-sand beaches, crystal-clear water, and hist…
Shuzenji Onsen
Shuzenji Onsen (修善寺温泉) is a historic hot spring town in the heart of the Izu Peninsula, founded 1,200 years ago when Bud…
Mishima Skywalk
Mishima Skywalk (三島スカイウォーク) is Japan's longest pedestrian suspension bridge at 400 meters, suspended 70 meters above a f…
Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium
Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium (沼津港深海水族館) specializes in deep-sea marine life from Suruga Bay, one of Japan's deepest bays (ma…
Fuji Safari Park
Fuji Safari Park (富士サファリパーク) is a 74-hectare drive-through wildlife park at the base of Mt. Fuji where visitors observe…
Izu Shaboten Zoo
Izu Shaboten Zoo (伊豆シャボテン動物公園) combines a 1,500-species cactus botanical garden with an animal park featuring capybaras,…
Kadowaki Suspension Bridge
Kadowaki Suspension Bridge (門脇吊橋) is a 48-meter-long suspension bridge spanning 23 meters above the Pacific Ocean at Jog…
Hamamatsu Air Base Festival
Hamamatsu Air Base (浜松基地) is Japan Air Self-Defense Force's (JASDF) largest air base, home to the Blue Impulse aerobatic…
Chubu Centrair Airport Island
Chubu Centrair International Airport (中部国際空港) sits entirely on a man-made island 3.5km offshore in Ise Bay, accessible v…
Ghibli Park
Ghibli Park (ジブリパーク) brings Studio Ghibli's animated worlds to life across five distinct areas within Nagakute's Expo 20…
Gamagori Laguna Ten Bosch
Laguna Ten Bosch (ラグーナテンボス) is a seaside resort complex in Gamagori combining a theme park (Lagunasia), hot spring facil…
Nagoya Port Aquarium
Nagoya Port Aquarium (名古屋港水族館) is one of Japan's premier aquariums, famous for its beluga whale exhibit — a rarity in Ja…
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (Toyama side)
The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is 90 kilometers of cable cars, ropeways, trolley buses, and highland coaches cutting t…
Kurobe Gorge Railway
The Kurobe Gorge Railway (黒部峡谷鉄道, Kurobe Kyokoku Tetsudo) is a 20.1km scenic railway that travels through Japan's deepes…
Toyama Bay Firefly Squid
Toyama Bay is the only place in the world where firefly squid (hotaru-ika, ホタルイカ) wash ashore en masse during their spaw…
Gokayama Washi Papermaking
Gokayama has produced traditional washi paper (和紙) for over 400 years, using kozo (mulberry bark) harvested from surroun…
Toyama Glassware & Traditional Crafts
Toyama has two craft traditions worth knowing: Etchū glass from Toyama City (modern, 1990s-vintage, born when the prefec…
Niseko Powder Snow
Niseko gets dumped on. Fifteen meters of snow every season, sometimes 50cm overnight when low-pressure systems cross the…
Abashiri Drift Ice Cruise
Every winter (late January to late March), drift ice (流氷, ryuhyo) from the Russian Far East floats south through the Sea…
Cup Noodles Museum
The Cup Noodles Museum (カップヌードルミュージアム) chronicles the invention of instant ramen by Nissin founder Momofuku Ando, who in…
Yuigahama Beach
Yuigahama Beach (由比ヶ浜) is Kamakura's main swimming beach, a 900-meter crescent of sand facing Sagami Bay with views to E…
Hakone Yumoto Onsen
Hakone-Yumoto (箱根湯本) is Hakone's largest and most accessible onsen town, located at the base of the mountains where the…
Shonan Beach
The Shonan coast (湘南, Shonan) stretches 30km from Fujisawa to Oiso, encompassing multiple beach towns that embody Japane…
Kirin Brewery Yokohama
The Kirin Brewery Yokohama Factory (キリンビール横浜工場) offers guided tours showcasing the beer brewing process from malt select…
Yokohama Cosmo World
Yokohama Cosmo World (よこはまコスモワールド) is a mid-sized amusement park in the heart of Minato Mirai, built on reclaimed harbor…
Maebara Beach
Maebara Beach, along Kamogawa City's Pacific coastline, is one of Chiba's premier surf breaks — a 1.5km crescent of sand…
Narita Dream Farm
Narita Dream Farm is a 30-hectare agricultural park offering year-round fruit and vegetable picking — strawberries in wi…
Minakami Onsen & Adventure
Minakami (みなかみ) is a mountain town in northern Gunma, famous for 18 distinct onsen areas and outdoor adventure sports. T…
Oze National Park
Oze National Park sits at 1,400-1,600 meters elevation on the Gunma-Fukushima-Niigata border, a high wetland plateau whe…
Tottori Sand Dunes
The Tottori Sand Dunes stretch 16 kilometers along the Sea of Japan coast and rise up to 50 meters in height, creating J…
Uradome Coast
The Uradome Coast stretches 15 kilometers of jagged volcanic cliffs, sea caves, and white-sand coves along the San'in Ka…
Matsuba Crab Auction
Sakaiminato Port is one of Japan's premier fishing harbors and the epicenter of Tottori's matsuba crab industry. Every m…
Sanuki Udon Master Class Experience
Kagawa has 600-700 udon shops for a population of 950,000—one shop per 1,400 people. People here eat udon three times a…
Kankakei Gorge
Kankakei Gorge ranks among Japan's three most beautiful gorges, a dramatic volcanic landscape of towering rock formation…
Marugame Uchiwa Fan Craft Workshop
Marugame has been the center of uchiwa round fan production for over 400 years, accounting for 90% of Japan's traditiona…
Shodoshima Somen Noodle Village
Shodoshima Island has produced premium somen thin wheat noodles for over 400 years, with the island's unique climate cre…
Sanuki Udon Taxi Tour
Kagawa Prefecture's density of exceptional udon restaurants creates a unique culinary tourism opportunity, with speciali…
Shimanami Kaido (Imabari side)
The Shimanami Kaido runs 70 kilometers from Honshu to Shikoku, crossing the Seto Inland Sea by hopping six islands conne…
Tobe Pottery
Tobe-yaki is Ehime's signature ceramic style, characterized by thick white porcelain hand-painted with indigo-blue botan…
Botchan Ressha
The Botchan Ressha is a restored vintage steam locomotive (actually diesel-powered replica) operating as a tourist tram…
Uwajima Bull Fighting
Uwajima is one of the few places in Japan where traditional togyu (bull sumo) continues — two bulls weighing 700–1,000kg…
Sada Misaki Peninsula
Sada Misaki is a narrow peninsula extending 40km into the Bungo Channel, forming Shikoku's westernmost point. The dramat…
Kazurabashi at Oku-Iya
Deeper in the Iya Valley, 45 minutes beyond the main tourist bridge, lie the Oku-Iya Double Kazurabashi (奥祖谷二重かずら橋) — tw…
Peeing Boy Statue
The Shonben Kozo (小便小僧, 'Peeing Boy') statue stands on a narrow rock outcrop jutting over a 200-meter cliff drop on the…
Shimanto Sink Bridges
The Shimanto River is crossed by 47 chinkabashi — low-slung, railing-free concrete bridges designed to be submerged duri…
Kashiwajima Island
Kashiwajima is a small island off the coast of Tosashimizu, surrounded by some of the clearest water in Japan. The islan…
Hakkoda Mountains
The Hakkoda Mountains (八甲田山) form a volcanic range south of Aomori City, famous for extreme winter snowfall (up to 8 met…
Tsugaru-Iwaki Skyline
The Tsugaru-Iwaki Skyline (岩木山スカイライン) is a 9.8-kilometer toll road ascending Mt. Iwaki (岩木山, 1,625m), Aomori's most icon…
Mt. Iwate
Mt. Iwate is a 2,038-meter stratovolcano dominating Morioka's skyline, nicknamed 'Nambu Fuji' for its symmetrical cone s…
Matsushima Bay Scenic Cruise
Matsushima Bay contains exactly 260 islands (the count was verified in the 1790s by a monk who documented each one). The…
Akiu Great Falls (Akiu Otaki)
Akiu Great Falls ranks among Japan's three most famous waterfalls, a powerful 55-meter cascade where the Natori River pl…
Sendai Morning Market (Sendai Asaichi)
Sendai Morning Market captures the vibrant essence of local food culture, a covered arcade market that has served Sendai…
Shiogama Fish Market and Sushi for Breakfast
Shiogama's fish market and surrounding sushi restaurants offer one of northern Japan's premier seafood experiences, wher…
Miyagi Zao Ski Resort and Okama Crater
Miyagi Zao encompasses both a world-class ski resort renowned for its powder snow and ice-encrusted trees, and the stunn…
Sendai Pageant of Starlight
The Sendai Pageant of Starlight transforms the city's main boulevards into a glittering wonderland each December, when s…
Michinoku Coastal Trail
The Michinoku Coastal Trail stretches over 1,000 kilometers along the Pacific coast from Aomori Prefecture through Iwate…
Lake Inawashiro
Lake Inawashiro (猪苗代湖) is Japan's fourth-largest lake, spanning 103 square kilometers at 514 meters elevation, famous fo…
Goshiki-numa Ponds
Goshiki-numa (五色沼, 'Five-Colored Marshes') is a collection of 30+ volcanic ponds created by the 1888 eruption of Mt. Ban…
Tadami Line
The Tadami Line (只見線) is consistently ranked as Japan's most scenic railway, a 135km route threading through remote moun…
Abukuma Cave
Abukuma-do (あぶくま洞) is a spectacular limestone cave system stretching 3,300 meters underground (600m open to visitors), f…
Mt. Bandai
Mt. Bandai (磐梯山, 1,816m) is an active stratovolcano that dominates Fukushima's central landscape, known as 'Aizu-Bandai-…
Lake Hibara
Lake Hibara (桧原湖) is Bandai-Kogen's largest lake (10.7 km²), created during Mt. Bandai's catastrophic 1888 eruption when…
Fukushima Peaches
Fukushima Prefecture is Japan's second-largest peach producer (after Yamanashi), renowned for exceptionally sweet, juicy…