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Mount Usu (有珠山, Usuzan) is a volcano which has erupted four times in the past 100 years. Its most recent eruption occurred in the year 2000. The Usuzan Ropeway brings you close to the volcano's summit. The upper station's observation deck offers panoramic views of Lake Toya and neighboring Showa Shinzan.
Mount Tsurugi (剣山, Tsurugisan) is a 1955 meter high mountain that lies at the eastern end of the remote Iya Valley. The second tallest mountain on Shikoku, Mount Tsurugi is one of Japan's "100 Famous Mountains" and a center of Shugendo, a Japanese folk religion based on mountain worship.
Mount Yoshino (吉野山, Yoshinoyama) in Nara Prefecture has been Japan's most famous cherry blossom spot for many centuries. It is said that the first trees were planted along its slopes more than 1300 years ago, and today the mountain is covered by approximately 30,000 cherry trees of many different varieties, especially of the Yamazakura variety.
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Take the JR Uchibo Line to Hama-Kanaya Station and walk 10 minutes to the lower station of the Nokogiriyama Ropeway which lifts visitors close to the peak of Nokogiriyama (1200 yen round trip, 650 yen one way). Alternatively, the main entrance to Nihonji Temple at the base of the mountain can be reached in about a 45 minute walk or a short ride by ...
The Tokyo Bay Ferry which connects Kurihama on the Miura Peninsula with Kanaya on the Boso Peninsula lands just a ten minute walk away from the Nokogiriyama Ropeway's lower station. Ferriesoperate roughly hourly and take 40 minutes to make the crossing. The one way fare is 900 yen for passengers and around 4400 yen for a regular-sized car.
There are two roads that lead to Nokogiriyama, a toll road and a toll-free road. The toll road (1000 yen, including parking fee) leads to parking lots toward the top of the mountain, while the toll-free road ends further down the mountain, not too far from the Daibutsu. How to get to and around the Boso Peninsula
Kamikochi (上高地, Kamikōchi) is a popular resort in the Northern Japan Alps of Nagano Prefecture, offering some of Japan's most spectacular mountain scenery. It is open from April 17 until November 15 and shuts down during winter. Kamikochi is a 15 kilometer long plateau along the Azusa River, about 1500 meters above sea level.
Shirakami Sanchi (白神山地) is an extensive mountain range straddling the border between Aomori and Akita prefectures in the northern Tohoku Region of Japan. The central core of Shirakami Sanchi is made up of the last virgin beech forests in Japan, for which the region was declared one of the country's first UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1993.
Yufuin (由布院 as onsen resort, 湯布院 as city district) is a popular hot spring resort, located about ten kilometers inland from Beppu, another, much larger and more developed hot spring resort. Yufuin has a wealth of art museums, cafes and boutiques, and many travelers come to the city just to stroll about town for the day.
