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I wrote my wish on a colorful ball at Yasaka Koshin-do Temple in Kyoto. It's a nice place my heart leaps up just looking at them. Your Instagram must be able to get many likes!
Name
Yasaka Koshin-do Temple
Address
390-1 Kin'en-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Hours
9:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
By bus, 12 min from Kyoto Station to Kiyomizu-michi, then 3 min walk. By bus or taxi, 12 min from Kyoto Station, 7 min from Keihan Shijo Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Metasequoia is just at its peak. I tried to go early in the morning when there were fewer people ♪ I love everything about the fresh greenery, the autumn leaves, and the snowy Metasequoia.
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
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.
March 18, 2022 Super Nintendo World finally opens. Reproduce the world view of the Nintendo Super Mario series. Go through a huge clay pipe to Peach Castle. When you leave the castle, you enter a world where the characters in the game move around. Photogenic spots are everywhere. Area for adults to enjoy.
Name
UNIVERSAL STUDIO JAPAN
Address
2-1-33 Sakurajima Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
0570-200-606
Hours
8:30-21:00
How to get there
Universal City Station is the nearest. By car or taxi, 25 min from Shin Osaka Station, 50 min from Kansai Internarional Airport, or 30 min from Itami Airport.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
I visited Nanzenji Temple, a popular spot for autumn leaves, and Tenju-an Temple, which has two beautiful gardens, in kimono. The autumn leaves in the eastern garden were in full bloom, and it was a magnificent view that you could see forever while sitting on the porch. Another wonderful view that sighs is the autumn leaves in the south garden, which looks like a painting, cut out by the window frame of the Shoin. When I raised my face to buy a ticket at the entrance, I jumped into my eyes first and was fascinated.
Name
Nanzen-ji Temple
Address
Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min walk from Keage Station. 25 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Nanzenji Eikando, then 10 min walk.
A Head Temple Hase-dera in Nara Prefecture. It's famous for a flower temple, but what we see first of all after the gate, is this beautiful and long steps. On a New Year's Eve, they will hold a memorial ceremony 'Mandoue' and the whole precinct will wrapped in warm lights.
Name
Hase-dera Temple
Address
731-1 Hase, Sakurai-shi, NaraGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min walk from Kintetsu Hasedera Station. By car, 50 min from Nara city, 75 min from Osaka, or 110 min from Kyoto city. Toll parking area is available.
Parking
Toll 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
I went THE BIWAKO TERRACE in autumn, and enjoyed autumn colored leaves at the same time! We can go up by a rope way, and the temperature drops at the top, so you need something to put on.
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
Keage Incline has beautiful lush greens in summer. Also, you can see the wonderful scenery every season such as autumn colored leaves and cherry blossoms in spring. For the retro atmosphere, Japanese traditional outfits Kimono and Yukata are excellent with the scenery.
Name
Keage Incline
Address
Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
3 min walk from Keage Station. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Shouju-in Temple is famous for the lovely heart-shaped window called Inome-mado. Not only the window, I was fascinated with the beautiful paintings on the ceiling that are different one by one. In summer, you can also enjoy tea in the beautiful sounds of wind bell.
Name
Shoju-in Temple
Address
149 Kawakami Okuyamada Ujitawara-cho, Tsuzuki-gun, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
0774-88-3601
Hours
8:30-16:30
How to get there
By bus, 30 min from JR Uji Station or Kintetsu Shintanabe Station to Ichumae, and change bus to Okuyamada for 15 min, then walk 10 min. By car, 60 min from Kyoto city. Free parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
There're a few people, and we can see the blossoms leisurely. Kawazu Zakura is an early cherry blossom, so we can feel spring earlier. There're other flowers, such as mimosa and tulip, they would make us feel relaxed.
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
Located in Wakayama Marina City, PORTO EUROPE is a very fashionable and photogenic place that imitates the townscape of France and Italy. Because it doesn't require the admission fees, there're many people enjoy taking pictures.◎There're an amusement park, the local food shops and restaurants in the same site, so all of your families can enjoy together. The entrance fee is free, but you need fees if you want to take rides of an amusement park.
Name
Wakayama Marina City
Address
1527 Kemi, Wakayama-shi, WakayamaGoogle Map
Hours
10:00-
How to get there
10 min by car, or 15 min by bus from JR Nankai Station
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Flower Hill near the west gate of Expo '70 Commemorative Park. We can see the seasonal flowers here, and it's been a chamomile flower field since May of 2019. And there's cosmos in autumn every year. We can take beautiful photos that the hill connects with the sky.
Name
Expo '70 Commemorative Park
Address
Senri Banpaku Koen, Suita-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
How to get there
The nearest stations are Banpaku Kinen Koen Station, and Koen Higashi-guchi (East Gate) Station. The nearst IC is Chugoku Suita IC. 5min from both Meishin Suita IC, and Kinki Suita IC.
Parking
Parking area is available
Takami no Sato is located deep in the mountains of Higashiyoshino on the border between Nara and Mie prefectures. The Sky Garden is home to 1,000 weeping cherry trees, which are rare in Japan, and is a spectacular cherry blossom viewing spot. Ride a self-driving cart to the top of the mountain. The shower of weeping cherry blossoms all around you is amazing. Is this heaven? I'm so moved by the weeping cherry blossoms in full bloom everywhere I look.
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
Umami Kyuryo Park is a large prefectural park with ancient tombs and rich nature. There're about 500 thousand tulips and spring flowers in the park! You can enjoy various seasonal flowers whenever you visit the park.◎Tulip Fair in 2018, 4/7-4/15, 10:00-17:00. Entrance fee is free. You can enjoy seeing flowers anytime, but some events and food trucks are only during the fair.
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
Location overlooking Osaka Bay. The blue world that spreads as far as the eye can see. About 1 million nemophila bloom and look like a blue carpet. Nemophila Festival will be held from April 9th to May 5th. The collaboration between tulips and nemophila is also beautiful
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
This museum is the first painting garden in the world. Michelangelo "The Last Judgment" is about 14m high! This place is a little far from Kyoto station.
Name
Garden of Fine Art Kyoto
Address
Kitayama, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JapanGoogle Map
Tel
075-724-2188
Hours
9:00-17:00
How to get there
1 min walk, from Kitayama Station
The Christmas event, which is being held until December 25th, features a giant snow globe this year. At the end of the white forest in the sky is a snow globe decorated in white. Inside the dome, there are white flowers and white sofas, and the snow-like illuminations are falling, making it look wonderful. Be sure to step inside the snow globe and take some wonderful photos.
Name
Umeda Sky Building
Address
1-1-88 Oyodonaka Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
06-6440-3899
Hours
10:00-22:30
Fee
Adult 1000 yen、Child 200 yen
How to get there
7 min walk from the Central-North Gate of Osaka Station.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Together with foliage plants and orchids, the water's edge and other displays are totally produced. Every corner of the large glasshouse surrounded by vivid color flowers and greens is so photogenic! Let's wear a colorful dress and take beautiful pictures here!◎This botanical garden is a highlight of a complex 'Awaji Yume Butai'. They hold various kinds of exhibitions, so you can enjoy anytime. Entrance fee: adult 600yen
Name
Awaji Yumebutai
Address
2 Yumebutai, Awaji-shi, HyogoGoogle Map
Tel
0799-74-1000
How to get there
10 min by car, from Awaji IC
The reflections of nature in the park and town landscape are beautiful every season, and we can feel refreshed with it. It's the other side of Osaka, called as a water town.
Name
Osaka Castle
Address
1-1 Osakajo Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
06-6941-3044
Hours
9:00-17:00
How to get there
Osaka Castle Park Station is the nearest. By car or taxi, 20 min from Shin Osaka Station, 15 min from Osaka Station, 25 min from Itami Airport, or 50 min from Kansai International Airport.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
