Best Spots With Great Nature In Kansai
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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
You can enjoy picking fruit at adjacent Makino Pick Land. Now, it's chestnut.
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
Hashigui Iwa is located at Kushimoto, Wakayama, a southernmost town in Honshu Region of Japan. These pics are the lighting show in 2018. We can see this for three days, 11/2 to 4. The fantastic scenery different from its usual, is very impressive! The ordinary landscape is in the third pic. 5 min by bus from Kushimoto Station. You should visit Kushimoto rich in nature!
Name
Hashigui Iwa Rocks
Address
Kushimoto-cho, Higashimuro-gun, WakayamaGoogle Map
How to get there
By bus, 5 min from Kushimoto Station
Parking
Parking area is available
Oishi Kogen Highlands is filled up with fluffy Japanese pampas grass in autumn. The evening scenery over the pampas grass on the mountain top is very beautiful. On the west hill, we can see even the ocean.
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
The appearance of raging waves broken on the rocks is awesome.
Name
Sandanbeki
Address
2927-52 Sandan Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, WakayamaGoogle Map
How to get there
Parking
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
Gio-ji Temple is in Arashiyama, Kyoto. A dancer Gio lost a Taira-no-Kiyomori's favor and was turned out from Kyoto. She spent the rest of her life as a nun in this convent.
Name
Giouji Temple
Address
32 Sagatoriimotokozaka-cho, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-861-3574
Hours
9:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 300 yen、Child 100 yen
How to get there
20 min walk from Arashiyama Station. By bus, 50 min from Shijokawaramachi to Saga Elementary School, then 17 min walk. By car, 35 min from Kyoto Minami (South) IC, and parking area is available.
Parking
Free parking area is available
The caves named Gembu, Byakko, Suzaku and Seiryo, names of four gods 'Shijin'. Gembu-dou Park has the impressive scenery formed by the nature! Here you can see the mysterious geographical features called 'Columnar Jointing', the piled up rocks like hexagonal prism.
Shirasaki Ocean Park has the whole coastline surrounded by white limestone in its site. The contrast of the blue sea and the sky, and the white stones is like the Aegean Sea! There're an observatory and camping site, and you can enjoy diving and snorkeling.
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
Wakakusa Mountain is known as a sunset-viewing spot in Nara Prefecture. You can take pictures of deer's silhouette as a back ground of the setting sun. ◎Take bus from JR Nara Starion or Kintetsu Nara Station, to 'Todaiji Daibutsu-den, Kasuga Taisha Mae' or 'Kasuga Taisha Omote Sando', then walk 15 min. Or 30 min walk from Kintetsu Nara Station.
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
Umami Kyuryo Park in Nara Prefecture. We can enjoy seeing various seasonal flowers. Going on a picnic with lunch is enjoyable, and having a leisurely time at a cafe, is also nice. Various events are held, so you need to check beforehand.
Name
Umami Kyuryo Park
Address
2202 Samita Kawai-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, NaraGoogle Map
Hours
8:00-18:00
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
By car, 15 min from Horyuji IC. Or 2 min walk from Ikebe Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
A stratum had been gained for a long time and became stairs of bedrock. The contrast between the sky and the sea is magnificent.
Name
Sandanheki
Address
2927-52 Sandan Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, WakayamaGoogle Map
How to get there
Parking
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
800-1000 years old and 25m high. It has magnificent roots and has watched the shrine warmly for a long time.
Name
Kasuga Taisha Shrine
Address
160 Kasugano-cho, Nara-shi, NaraGoogle Map
Tel
0742-22-7788
Hours
6:00-18:00
How to get there
Parking
Toll parking area is available
I visited Jizo-in Temple in a rainy day, there were less visitors and no noise. It was a wonderful place you can feel peace of mind.
Name
Jizoin Temple
Address
23 Yamadakitano-cho Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-381-3417
Hours
9:00-16:30
How to get there
By bus, 55 min from Kyoto Station (C6 Bus Stop) to Kokedera, then 3 min walk. 12 min walk from Hankyu Kamikatsura Station. 25 min by car from Kyoto Station. Free parking area is available.
Parking
Free parking area is available
An attractive Lake Biwa cruise to 'God's Island' Chikubu! Fascinated by the vast view like the sea, and the sight just before arrival is superb!
Hozu-gawa River boat ride goes from Kameoka in Kyoto to Arashiyama for about one hour. It's very tasteful to see the scenery on a boat, and thrilling to drift on the rapids sometimes appearing! One of the attractions is the guide of a handsome boatman who tosses off a gag.
Name
Hozu-gawa River Boat Ride
Address
2 Shimo-makashima Hozu-cho, Kameoka-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
0771-22-5846
How to get there
Parking
Free parking area is available
At Kuta area, deep in the mountain in Kyoto City, this purple chrysanthemum blooms in the middle of summer. People take care of this flower nicknamed 'Kitayama Yuzen Giku'. Now it became the popular summer scene of Kuta and the wonderful flower field entertains the people visit here.
Name
Kitayama Yuzen Giku Flower Field
Address
205 Kuta Miyano-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-748-2034
How to get there
Parking
No parking area
