MOUNT FUJI
Mount Fuji is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku. It is also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty and one of Japan's Historic Sites. It was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on June 22, 2013. Mount Fuji has a very distinctive feature of the geography of Japan. It stands 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft) tall and is located near the Pacific coast of central Honshu, just west of Tokyo. It straddles the boundary of Shizuoka and Yamanashi Prefectures. Four small cities surround it: Gotemba to the east, Fujiyoshida to the north, Fujinomiya to the southwest, and Fuji to the south. It is also surrounded by five lakes: Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Sai, Lake Motosu and Lake Shōji.[31] They, and nearby Lake Ashi, provide views of the mountain. The mountain is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. It can be seen more distantly from Yokohama, Tokyo, and sometimes as far as Chiba, Saitama, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Lake Hamana when the sky is clear. Particularly in the winter it can be seen from the Shinkansen until it reaches Utsunomiya station.
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Ono District, Gifu Prefecture
SHIRAKAWA-GO
Shirakawa-go (Shirakawa Village) is a Japanese mountain settlement in what was once considered a wild and unexplored region. Because of the area’s natural environment, with high mountains and heavy snowfall, interaction with neighboring regions was limited. However, this also created the conditions for the development of unique cultural practices and lifestyles. Now registered as a World Cultural Heritage site, you will enjoy experiencing the culture and traditions that live on in Shirakawa-go today.
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Hokkaido Prefecture
SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL 2019
Sapporo Snow Festival attracts a growing number of visitors from Japan and abroad every year. Every winter, about two million people come to Sapporo to see a large number of splendid snow and ice sculptures. Lining Odori Park, the grounds at Community Dome Tsudome, and along the main street in Susukino. During the festival in February, Sapporo is turned into a winter dreamland of crystal-like ice and white snow.The Sapporo Snow Festival 2019 is a Japanese winter wonderland with its gigantic sculptures of ice castles and well-known personalities. Winter in Sapporo is all about fun with giant snow slides and snow rafting and seeing the most breathtaking sculptures made by the Sapporo community and international artists alike.Sapporo Snow Festival has three locations, namely, in the Odori Park, Tsudeome and Susukino. As well as the giant snow and ice sculptures of famous places and people, there are also family-oriented activities, snow slides and snow rafting (Tsudome site).
