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Lake Hibara

Fukushima’s outdoor leisure mecca “Lake Hibara”

Lake Hibara is a very beautiful lake with a cobalt blue water surface located in the heart of Bandai Plateau in Fukushima Prefecture. It belongs to the national park "Bandai Asahi National Park", and the lake shore is approximately 32km, with a maximum depth of...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.27

Matsushima Kanejima

[Miyagi] Matsushima, one of the three most scenic spots in Japan along with Miyajima and Amanohashidate

Matsushima is a general term for Matsushima Bay in Miyagi Prefecture, the surrounding area of ​​the 260 islands, and the hills surrounding the area. The rias coast, which has been eroding over many years, is now woven into the...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.24

Lake Inawashiro

[Fukushima] Lake Inawashiro, the fourth largest lake in Japan

Lake Inawashiro is located in the central part of Fukushima Prefecture, south of Mt. Aizu Bandai, which is likened to Aizu Fuji, and is known as the fourth largest lake in the country. This lake is a fault that dates back to about 23 million years ago...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.18

Ryusendo Cave

[Iwate] Ryusendo Cave, one of the three largest limestone caves in Japan

Ryusen Cave is a stalactite cave located in Iwaizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture, and is also known as Iwaizumi Wakkutsu. With a total length of about 1,200m and an elevation difference of about 249m, it is located in Akiyoshido and Kochi prefectures in Yamaguchi Prefecture...

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Hakkoda Mountains

[Aomori] Mt. Hakkoda, a volcanic group consisting of 18 mountains with Mt. Odake as its main peak

Hakkoda, one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains Hakkoda is a general term for several volcanoes located on the south side of Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, and is counted as one of the 100 Famous Mountains in Japan. Rather than having a mountain called Mt. Hakkoda, Mt. Odake (...

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Adatara Mountain

Mt. Adatara, an active volcano in Fukushima that is counted as one of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains

Adachi Tara, an active volcano that is still being observed to this day, is an active volcano in Fukushima Prefecture that has been loved by many people, and has appeared in the Manyoshu and Takamura Kotaro's Chieko Sho. Bandai Asahi National Park...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.11

Geibikei Gorge

"Yohanekei" in Ichinoseki City, where even neighbors even have strangers [Iwate Prefecture]

Geibikei is a valley about 2km wide in the middle Sutetsu River, located in Higashiyamacho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, and was a hidden area that even those who lived nearby were known to have known before the Meiji period. ...

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Goshikinuma (Aonuma)

[Fukushima Prefecture] Goshikinuma, a group of lakes and marshes in Urabandai where you can see a variety of colors

Goshiki Numa is officially called Goshiki Numa Lake Group. It is located in Kitashiobara Village in Fukushima Prefecture. Located within Bandai Asahi National Park, this area, located on the north side of Lake Inawashiro on the south side of Mt. Bandai, is called Urabandai...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.05

Chiaki Park

Senshu Park, the best cherry blossom viewing spot in Akita City

A park with the remains of Kubota Castle, the Satake clan's castle, Chiaki Park in Akita City, Akita Prefecture is the remains of Kubota Castle, the castle of the Akita Domain lord, Satake clan. It was designed by Nagaoka Anpei in 1884 and was developed as a park...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.05

Mt. Iwate

[Iwate] The famous mountain “Mt. Iwate” also called Iwate Fuji

Iwate is one of the 100 most famous mountains in Japan that Iwate boasts. Mt. Iwate is also known as Iwate Fuji, and is a symbolic presence for Iwate Prefecture. The spectacular view of the mountain can be viewed from Morioka City, and...

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