Best Stunning Views In Kansai
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The Metasequoia Avenue is beautiful every season. Specially in summer, you can see the wonderful scenery of shining greens and the zebra road weaved by lights and shadows.
Name
Metasequoia Avenue
Address
Sawa Makino-cho, Takashima-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
6 min by bus from JR Makino Station to Makino Pic Land, then it's located just near. By car, 65 min from Otsu city, 90 min from Kyoto city. Free parking area in Makino Pic Land is available.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Bamboo Forest is a must-visit place in Arashiyama. Even in summer, you can feel the cool air in the early morning, and have an excellent morning walk.
Name
Sagano
Address
Sagaogurayamatabushiyama-cho, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min walk, from Arashiyama Station
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
The spring special visiting is opened till 6/15 in 2018. The relaxing room extends here. The table room, which has been a hot topic in SNS, you can see various reflections from different directions. And, it's so gorgeous and beautiful.
Name
Ruriko-in Temple
Address
55 Higashiyama Kamitakano Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-781-4001
Fee
Adult 2000 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
5 min walk from Yase Hieizan-guchi Station, 5 min walk from Yase Station. By bus, 50 min from Kyoto Station to Yase Station, then 7 min walk.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Just Opened In 2019! 1 million Nomophila flowers at Maishima, Osaka Prefecture! You're encouraged to see the great blue view at seaside by any means. In the site, there're food court and to take a rest and seats to see the landscape leisurely.
Name
Osaka Maishima Seaside Park
Address
2-1 Ryokuchi, Hokukou, Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Hours
9:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 900 yen、Child 500 yen
How to get there
15 min by bus from Sakurajima Station to Hotel Lodge Maishima.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Ride a ropeway from the foot of the mountain, you can go there like a garden of heaven. Tiled pool of a café and yellow lemonade are stylish. But the nature blue colors of Lake Biwa and the sky are most wonderful.◎Weekends are very crowded, so weekday mornings are better. The menus of the café are only light meal, so use other restaurants in you want to eat your fill.
Name
THE BIWAKO TERRACE
Address
1547-1 Kido, Otsu-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
To the ropeway station: by car, 30 min from Otsu city, or 50 min from Kyoto city. By bus, 15 min from Shiga Station to Biwako Valley.
Parking
Parking area is available
The magnificent flower fields of canola flower, cherry blossom, and beautiful sky! When all of the three appears at the same time, we can see a photogenic harmony of springtime.
Name
Fujiwara Palace Site
Address
Takadono-cho , Kashihara-shi, NaraGoogle Map
How to get there
By bus, 20min from Yagi Station to Kashihara City's Fujiwara Palace Site Library, then walk 2min. By car, 15min from Yamato Takada Bypass.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Located at Tamba in Hyogo Prefecture, Byakugou-ji Temple is celebrated for the wisteria. You can see wisteria flowers blooming beautifully every year. At night, the wisteria are lit up, and makes very fantastic and beautiful scene. ◎Byakugou-ji Temple will get very crowded during the wisteria season, so it's better for you to visit with enough time. And please have good manners.
Name
Byakugou-ji Temple
Address
709 Byakugouji Ichijima-cho, Tamba-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 10 min from Kasuga IC, or 8 min from Ichijima Station. Parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
There are so many terrains that I can't put them on the picture! There were a lot of superb views that I want you to see once! Wakayama where you can see such a wonderful scenery for free! It's too amazing!
Name
Shirosaki Ocean Park
Address
960-1 Obiki Yura-cho, Hidaka-gun, WakayamaGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min by car, from Kiyura Station
Parking
Parking area is available
Very large highlands of pampas grass spreading to 360 degrees as far as the eye can see. They shine gold beautifully in the light of evening sun. You can enjoy taking picturesque portraits, too.
Name
Oishi Kogen Highlands
Address
Nakada Kimino-cho, Kaiso-gun, WakayamaGoogle Map
How to get there
60 min by car or taxi from Wakayama Station
Parking
Free parking area is available
They have held it every August for more than 30 years in Otsu, Shiga Pref. Skyrockets is of course powerful, and the directions that makes the most of its location above the lake is worth seeing.
Name
Lake Biwa Firework Festival
Address
1-1 Chagasaki, Otsu-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
On foot, 15 min from JR Ōtsu Station, 10 min from JR Ōtsukyo Station, or 5 min from JR Hamaōtsu Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
[Awaji Island] A park full of flowers and greenery overlooking the sea. The 120 Kawazu cherry trees in the park bloomed earlier than usual and bloomed all at once. Its distinctive deep pink petals stand out against the blue sky.
Name
Akashi Kaikyo National Government Park
Address
8-10 Yumebutai, Awaji-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
0799-72-2000
Hours
9:30-18:00
How to get there
By car, 5 min from Awaji IC, or Higashiura IC.
Parking
Parking area is available
Top of Mt. Wakakusa commands the whole view of Nara Park and its city. From the late October, the leaves begin to turn their colors for autumn, and you can enjoy scenery becoming more and more beautiful. I took this picture in early November last year.
Name
Mt. Wakakusa
Address
496 Zoushi-cho, Nara-shi, NaraGoogle Map
How to get there
To go to the mountain top, 40min from both of Horai IC and Tenri IC by car. Or, 13min from Nara Station to Kasuga Taisha Honden by bus, then walk 45min.
Parking
Free parking area is available
As many as 1,000 weeping cherry trees are in bloom at Mt. Takami in Higashiyoshino, Nara. A minibus will take you to the top of the mountain. If you take a breathless climb up the long stairs to the observatory at the top, you will see a magnificent weeping cherry tree in front of you. The opening period is from the beginning of April to the end of April. It is a spectacular cherry blossom viewing spot worth seeing.
Name
Takami-no Sato
Address
298-1 Sugitani Higashi Yoshino-mura, Yoshino-gun, NaraGoogle Map
How to get there
30 min by car, from Haibara Station
Parking
Free parking area is available
Jikkoku-bune boat of Kyoto Fushimi commands the particularly beautiful scene of cherry blossom in spring. What's more, the scenery of the boat going between the cherry blossom raft which appears when they're out of bloom on the water surface, is amazing! People can enjoy this scenery for a while even after the cherry blossoms fall.
Name
Fushimi Jikkoku-bune Boat
Address
Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
5min walk from Keihan Chushojima Station. Ride a boat near Benten Bridge across the Horikawa River.
An observatory built lately in the site of Hakodateyama Lily Park. You can sit the steps and enjoy the panoramic view of Lake Biwa. Also, it's a photogenic place you can take pictures of you having the beautiful view all to yourself.
Name
A Hill With Lake Biwa View (Biwako-no Mieru Oka)
Address
4201-4 Hiokimae Imazu-cho, Takashima-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min by taxi from Omi Imazu Station to Gondola Sanroku Station, then 8 min by gondola. By car, 60 min from Otsu city to gondola station.
I could meet this view after one hour walk from the parking area. Because of the little exercise or something, I could get a sense of accomplishment and impression at the same time.
Name
Star Swing (Hoshi-no Buranko)
Address
5019-1 Hoshida, Katano-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Hours
9:30-16:30
How to get there
70 min walk from JR Hoshida Station, or 40 min walk from Sakiichi Station. By car or taxi, 45 min from Shin Osaka Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
A good sightseeing spot that you can appreciate the seasons and the history of Kyoto.
Name
Kinkakuji Temple
Address
1 Kinkakuji-cho Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-461-0013
Hours
9:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 400 yen、Child 300 yen
How to get there
By car, 25 min from Kyoto Higashi IC, 30 min from Kyoto Minami IC. By bus, 30 min from Kyoto Station to Kinkakuji Michi, then walk 5 min.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Engetsu Island is a symbol of Shirahama. You can see the setting sun in the opening of the island. It's specially beautiful in the evening glow.◎You need to go when the sun sets.
Name
Engetsu Island
Address
Rinkai Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, WakayamaGoogle Map
How to get there
By car or taxi, 15 min from Shirahama Station, 2 min from Shirahama Airport.
Parking
Parking area is available
Hikone Castle has a relation with Ii family. It's hard to be invaded and easy to use, so we can find wisdom everywhere in the castle. The historical interior is also the highlight. What is more, the castle seen from Genkyu-en Garden in the same site is so gorgeous that I can say it has both beauty and strength.◎Access: 10min by car from 'Hikone IC' of Meishin Highway. Or, 10min walk from JR Hikone Station. Available time: 8:30-17:00
Name
Hikone Castle
Address
1-1 Konkicho, Hikone-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
Tel
0749-22-2742
Hours
8:30-17:00
How to get there
15 min walk from JR Hikone Station. 15 min by car from Hikone IC.
Parking
Parking area is available
Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine with a long long history has a sacred atmosphere. It's the place concered with the beginning of Japan. The scenery of three-storied pagpda and Nachi's waterfall is very fantastic.
Name
Nachi Falls
Address
Nachisan Nachi Katsu'ura-cho, Higashimuro-gun, WakayamaGoogle Map
Hours
7:00-16:30
Fee
Adult 300 yen、Child 200 yen
How to get there
30 min by bus from Kii Katsuura Station to Nachi Fall, then 5 min walk. By car, 170 min from Wakayama Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
The 3 best sceneries in Japan, Amanohashidate view looks like dragon descending. But, if you look the view upside down, it looks like dragon ascending. So, the reverse view is called Hiryukan. See it among own legs. This detail is written at the link page.
Name
Amanohashidate View Land
Address
437 Monju, Miyazu-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
0772-22-5304
Hours
9:00-17:00
How to get there
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Abeno Harukas is the highest building in Japan. The night view of Osaka looked from here is amazing! On sunny day, you can see the beautiful sunset as a beginning, the golden hour, and then the night view on the whole surface under the building.
Name
Abeno Harukas
Address
1−1−43 Abenosuji Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
06-6621-0300
Hours
9:00-22:00
Fee
Adult 1500 yen、Child 500 yen
How to get there
Nearest stations: Osaka Abenobashi, Ten'noji, and Abeno Station. By car or taxi, 10 min from Osaka Station, 20 min from Shin Osaka Station, 40 min from Itami Airport, or 60 min from Kansai Airport.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
I went to Ine to take pictures of stars! The collaboration of the beautiful town lined with boathouses and the starry sky was amazingly beautiful! And the sea of Kyoto, too!◎It's far from the nearest station, so you need to go by car.
Name
Boathouses In Ine
Address
Ine-cho, Yosa-gun, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
By bus, 55 min from Amanohashidate Station to Iya. By car, 40 min from Yoza-amanohashidate IC.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
