Michi-no-Eki Hakushu
Free spring water below Mt. Kai-Komagatake
On Route 20 at the foot of Mt. Kai-Komagatake, where locals queue with plastic jugs for free spri...
Fugaku Wind Cave
A Flat 15-Minute Walk Through a Lava Tube Once Used for Silkworm Eggs
A horizontal lava tube 201 m long in the Aokigahara forest, about 3°C inside, with ice that lasts...
Kitadake
Kitadake: Japan's Second-Highest Peak, With No Cars at the Trailhead
At 3,193 meters, Kitadake in the Southern Alps is second only to Fuji, and the only place on eart...
Minobusan Kuon-ji
Nichiren's Mountain Temple, Up 287 Steep Stone Steps
Head temple of the Nichiren Shu school, where Nichiren lived from 1274 and where his ashes rest. ...
Saruhashi Bridge
Saruhashi: The Pierless Monkey Bridge 31 Meters Above the Katsura River
A wooden-clad footbridge 30.9 meters long that crosses the Katsura River gorge about 31 meters ab...