Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi
Ashikaga Flower Park is insanely awesome for its massive and numerous wisteria that bloom from late April to mid-May. It also has colorful azaleas and rhododendron. Eye-popping flower park with…
Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route, Toyama
Every spring in April, we hear on the news that the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route has been cleared of snow to create these snow walls on the mountain road (upper left…
Colorful Goshiki-numa, Kitashiobara, Fukushima
“Goshiki-numa” means “Five-Color Ponds,” a very appropriate name for these colorful, volcanic ponds near Mt. Bandai (磐梯山) in Bandai-Asahi National Park. An eruption by Mt. Bandai in 1888 created landslides…
Cherry and rapeseed blossoms in Gogendo Park, Satte, Saitama
About an hour by express train from Tokyo (Kinshicho), Satte is on the way to Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture. Satte is famous for these cherry blossoms (sakura) and rapeseed flowers…
Olympic rings and cherry blossoms at Odaiba, Tokyo
Odaiba is Tokyo’s foremost waterfront area with large shopping malls, luxury hotels, beaches, park areas, Giant Unicorn Gundam, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic venues. Pleasant place to hang out. In the…