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Ride bikes on an abandoned railway line at this hidden tourist spot in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2023
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Old railway tracks get a new lease on life in the mountains.

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• (attractions • bicycles • bikes • COK • cool • countryside • fun • Japanese countryside • Japanese scenery • Japanese train stations • Mountains • Mr. Sato • railway • scenic • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • train lines • train stations • trains • travel • Yoshio)

Japan’s gorgeous Mt. Fuji chocolate cake lets you eat the mountain instead of climb it【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 26, 2023

A way to appreciate the majestic beauty of Japan’s tallest mountain while staying warm, rested, and full.

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• (beautiful • cafes • cake • chocolate • COK • food • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • outdoors • restaurants • Shorakuen • sweets • Yamagashi)

Shiratani Unsuikyo: The breathtaking anime setting where Princess Mononoke was born

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2022

Ancient cedar trees that inspired Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli team are just one reason why this forest in Yakushima is so magical.

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• (anime • COK • film locations • hiking • Mountains • movies • nature • Princess Mononoke • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Studio Ghibli • travel • UNESCO World Heritage sites • World Heritage site • Yakushima)

Mountain meshi hiking! Our guide takes us to the top of Izugatake for an unforgettable lunch【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2022

Chains, stoves, and coffee in the mountains of Hanno.

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• (COK • cooking • food • Go Hatori • hiking • Mountains • SNJO • travel)

Japan’s chocolate mountains are a feast for the eyes AND a great prop for iPhone photographers

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2022

Mr. Sato finds a whole new way to play with his food.

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• (beautiful • chocolate • cool • crazy • food • funny • iPhone • Mountains • Mr. Sato • photography • sweets • trick photography • weird)

Japan’s five easiest-to-get-lost-on mountain trails are like alpine brain teasers【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2022

Data analysis highlights where hikers are most likely to get a little too far off the beaten path.

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• (COK • crazy • hiking • Mountains • nature • outdoors)

Staircase National Highway: the only highway in Japan that cars can’t enter

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2022

An unusual hidden tourist site for the intrepid traveller. 

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• (Aomori • COK • cool • highways • Mountains • national highway • SNJO • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • unusual travel • weird)

Travel off the beaten path to a secret spot in Japan where bamboo grows wild on an old train line

• Oona McGee
  May 4, 2022

Like the bamboo grove in Kyoto, but with less tourists and more beauty. 

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• (bamboo • COK • cool • countryside • Japanese scenery • Mountains • off the beaten path • photography • railway tracks • railways • SNJO • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

A creepy, unplanned visit to a Japanese ghost town…with ice cream!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 2, 2022

A trip to Kiyosato on “the train line closest to the heavens.”

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• (COK • cool • ghost town • ice cream • Mountains • scary • SNJO • sweets • travel • Yamanashi)

The Mountain Has Moved capsule toys literally move mountains for your enjoyment

• Master Blaster
  Sep 13, 2021

Just not in time for Mountain Day.

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• (capsule machines • capsule toys • Diamond Head • Japanese expressions • Mountains • Mt. Etna • Mt. Everest • Mt. Fuji • Olympus Mons • Tama Kyu)

Pre-dawn photo of Mt. Fuji looks almost too beautiful to be real

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2021

Cloud layer looks like line between dimensions in amazing shot taken far from the mountain’s peak.

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • Lake Suwa • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • photography • photos)

Mt. Fuji is now open again following 2020 shutdown

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2021

Climbing season officially begins for Japan’s tallest mountain, but with new rules meant to limit coronavirus risks.

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• (COK • coronavirus • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • travel)

Amazing photos show Mt. Fuji looking just like an ukiyo-e woodblock painting

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2021

Photographer captures the mountain’s peak just as it must have inspired Hokusai.

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• (beautiful • hokusai • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • ukiyo-e • woodblock prints)

Beautiful photos of the isekai-looking mountain that’s one of the Tokyo area’s best day-trips

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2021

You’ll be glad you saw this amazing place.

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• (awesome • beautiful • Chiba • cool • hiking • history • Mountains • Mt. Nokogiri • nature • Nokogiriyama • travel)

This amazing photo of the Japan Alps only gets more beautiful the higher you look

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 5, 2020

Site of the Winter Olympics shows off multiple seasons’ splendor in one shot.

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• (beautiful • Hakuba • Japan Alps • Mountains • Nagano • nature • photography)

Photos of “everyday life” in the town next to Mt. Fuji look like a beautiful fantasy world

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 22, 2020

Fuji City’s “normal” views of Mt. Fuji would be lifelong memories for the rest of us.

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• (beautiful • Fuji City • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • photgraphy • Shizuoka)

What’s going on in this crazy beautiful picture of Mt. Fuji?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2020

It’s aliens, right?

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• Japan
• (awesome • beautiful • clouds • cool • crazy • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • photography • science)

Mt. Fuji gets its first snow of the season, almost a month earlier than it did last year【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2020

Japan’s most beautiful mountain puts on its “snow makeup.”

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• Japan
• (beautiful • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • snow)

Why stay at a hotel in Japan when you can rent this entire mountain instead?【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2020

Yes, you get a cabin too, but the real appeal is having an entire mountain to yourself.

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• (awesome • beautiful • cool • hotels • Kyushu • Miyazaki • Mountains • nature • travel)

Barricades placed on Mt. Fuji as mountain officially closes because of coronavirus【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 25, 2020

Surveillance camera, alarm installed to discourage the uninformed and unconcerned.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors • travel • Yoshida Trail)

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