Best Nature around Tokyo and Surroundings Spot List

An iconic landmark of Japan that offers breathtaking views. Many LIVE JAPAN readers book tours to Mt. Fuji or nearby hot springs inns with views of the famous peak before visiting Japan. With seasonal scenery like cherry blossoms, autumn foliage, and snow-capped views, Mt. Fuji is a place that visitors want to come back to again and again.

A Japanese garden with an abundance of greenery

The Shinto shrine where Minamoto no Yoritomo worshipped, which can bring good fortune and personal connections

A garden decorated with white and red apricot flowers

Revel in the realistic starlit sky

The healing power of the sea and flowers

A dynamic view from the ropeway

Japanese garden teeming with nature — in the midst of Tokyo. Stroll the garden and enjoy the sight of seasonal flowers and wild birds.

A park selected as one of the top 100 Japanese city parks, designed to enjoy water. You can play in the river.

This is a continuous stretch of land from the forest, marsh, and mudflat to the sea that remains in its natural state.

A vast national park with beautiful flowers blooming throughout the year. You can also enjoy swimming pools in summer and illumination in winter.

Ryuzu Falls is one of the representative waterfalls in Oku-Nikko. Its forked cascade resembles the head of a dragon.

Experience the Oku-Nikko loved by Sir Ernest Mason Satow

It takes five minutes to the mountain peak by ropeway. Near the top is the okumiya (rear shrine) of Hodosan Shrine, a small animal park and a Japanese allspice garden.

A garden which received the Award of Garden Excellence at the 17th World Convention of Rose Societies (2015). It is a garden where you can appreciate 10,000 roses of 1,500 varieties.

Located on the former site of Hakone-Rikyu Palace. You can enjoy splendid views of Lake Ashinoko and Mt. Fuji.

Located in a park looking down over Minato Mirai, the center area of Yokohama City, this zoo allows visitors to interact with animals up close.

Enjoy the grand view of Lake Chuzenji beloved by generations of Italian ambassadors

Beautiful Illuminated Displays from Keyakizaka Street to Mori Garden and 66 Plaza

Edutainment style aquarium where you can enjoy learning about the ”Sagami Bay and the Pacific Ocean,” the treasury of the marine life, and ”creatures” as basic themes.