Best Nature around Tohoku Spot List

Enjoy beautiful autumn leaves in the deep valley

Regarded as one of the three best cherry blossom spots in the Michinoku region

A symbolic bridge crossing the Shinano River

A landscaped Japanese garden with a traditional Japanese house and a modern Western house

A renowned mountain that represents Iwate

A leafy plateau with a refreshing feeling

A park once popular with writers

An aquarium where you'll learn from seeing, touching and playing

A 14km streamside trail past moss-covered rocks and waterfalls, changing beautifully with every season

Cat Island

The blessed spring water from Mt. Chokai

An aquarium characterized by its tanks reproducing the natural environment

A Dutch-style garden surrounding a pond, located next to the Niigata Hakusan-jinja Shrine

Experience spelunking at this National Natural Treasure

Stroll around the beautiful, mystical lakes and ponds

Boasting the largest variety of jellyfish in the world

Enjoy the lush greenery, autumn leaves and skiing

Stroll along the shore while feeling the refreshing sea breeze

Come face to face with lions behind glass

A mystical, sacred place of Shugendo, or Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts