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Beautiful forest in southern Japan will spirit you away to another world

Meg Murphy
Aug 1, 2017
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People find themselves asking “Is this really in Japan?!” It is, and you should go see it for yourself!

Japan
(beautiful • Fukuoka • Fukuoka Prefecture • nature • travel)

Hokkaido’s breathtaking Blue Pond is exactly as advertised【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2017

After turning brown for a brief period, the body of water is back to beautiful blue.

Japan
(beautiful • Biei • blue • Blue Pond • cool • Hokkaido • nature)

Real-life location of Your Name’s anime-only lake discovered, still holds a beautiful surprise

Casey Baseel
Jul 12, 2017

Itomori may not be an actual city, but here’s where the hometown of Your Name’s female lead would be in real-life Japan.

Japan
(anime • beutiful • Gifu • Makoto Shinkai • movies • nature • your name.)

Divinely beautiful phoenix appears in the clouds over god of manga’s childhood home in Japan

Casey Baseel
Jun 21, 2017

The bird that’s reborn in flames is reborn in the sky.

Japan
(anime • awesome • beautiful • clouds • cool • manga • nature • Osamu Tezuka • phoenix • takarazuka)

Three reasons you should go to Kyoto right now

Casey Baseel
May 25, 2017

There’s never a bad time to visit Japan’s former capital, but May is an especially good time.

Japan
(beautiful • Kyoto • nature • restaurants • shrines • temples • trains • travel)

Japanese beach turned into beautiful fantasy world as nighttime ocean glows blue【Video, photos】

Casey Baseel
May 9, 2017

Bioluminescent plankton turn Kanagawa seashore into something that looks more like a Final Fantasy game.

Japan
(beach • beautiful • blue • Kamakura • Kanagawa • nature • Ocean)

Eight surprising things to do in Northern Okinawa

Oona McGee
Apr 25, 2017

Beat the crowds and skip the tourist traps with this guide to the little-known gems in the region.

Japan
(Daisekirinzan • food • glamping • kayaking • nature • nordic walking • Okinawa • travel • Yambaru Forest)

San’in, Japan is breathtakingly beautiful especially when captured with a 4K video camera【Video】

KK Miller
Mar 27, 2017

Ditch Tokyo and Kyoto to explore this stunning mix of ocean and mountains.

Internet, Japan
(4K • nature • San'in • Shimane Prefecture • Tottori Prefecture • video)

Tiny house in Japanese woods is the getaway we’d love to escape to【Video】

Oona McGee
Mar 21, 2017

A getaway home becomes a family home, with a young father who says his ties to family are stronger thanks to downsized living.

Japan
(architecture • cabins • nature • tiny homes • tiny house • tiny house movement • tiny houses)

“Rainbow fire” brightens the day of Singaporeans【Video】

Master Blaster
Feb 28, 2017

Although technically neither a “rainbow” nor “fire,” catching a glimpse of this phenomenon has put a spring in everyone’s step.

SE Asia
(beautiful • circumhorizontal arc • cloud iridescence • natural phenomenons • nature • rainbow • rainbow fire • Singapore)

Onsen town’s 4K video has visitors lining up around the virtual block【Video】

KK Miller
Jan 29, 2017

Nothing sells the relaxing, hot water of Kusatsu like thousands of pixels.

Japan
(4K • beautiful • drones • Kusatsu • nature • onsen • video)

Japan travel bucket list: top places to visit in each prefecture before you die【Part II】

Krista Rogers
Jan 29, 2017

The second part of our Japanese bucket list dedicated to all travel enthusiasts!

Japan
(beautiful • bucket list • nature • prefectures • shrines • temples • travel)

Beautiful frozen waterfall in Japan is an awe-inspiring reason to brave winter’s cold【Pics/Vids】

Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2017

Visitors are drawn to the serene stillness of the icy Fukuroda Falls.

Japan
(awesome • beauitful • cold • crazy • frozen • Ibaraki • nature • video • Waterfalls • weird • winter)

Japanese snow monkey filmed trying to have sex with a deer【Video】

Oona McGee
Jan 11, 2017

Researchers say this is the first time this type of behaviour between the two species has been recorded.

Japan
(animals • deer • monkeys • nature • research • snow monkeys • Yakushima)

Right now is the very best time to go to Japan’s “castle in the sky,” and here’s why【Pics, Vids】

Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2016

The conditions are just right to surround Takeda Castle with a sea of clouds.

Japan
(beautiful • castles • cool • nature • outdoors • ruins • Takeda Castle • travel)

10 places in Japan so beautiful it’s practically hard to take a bad picture while you’re there

Casey Baseel
Oct 27, 2016

Nine locations to visit right now, and one to save for the spring.

Japan
(beautiful • Gunkanjima • nature • photography • photos • shrines • Tokyo • travel)

Unexpectedly cute stowaway on JR train causes delays, smiles

Jessica
Sep 30, 2016

Usually commuters get upset by train delays, but this time they were all smiles.
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Japan
(bird • funny • nature • news • trains)

Online image collection’s views of Japan are beautiful to look at, free to use

Casey Baseel
Sep 21, 2016

Whether you need to find breathtaking visuals for a website or pamphlet, or just want to lose yourself in the natural beauty of Japan, this is the place to do it.

Japan
(beautiful • nature • photography • photos • travel)

Breathtaking Japanese moss garden cafe is like a real-life setting for a Studio Ghibli anime film

Oona McGee
Sep 9, 2016

With amazing outdoor eating spaces set on moss-covered grounds in the middle of the woods, this is a secret haven for lovers of nature and Studio Ghibli.