Mitake is a mountain village near Mie Prefecture’s border with Nara that is famous for the yamazakura growing along a 1.5-kilometer approach to Shinpuku-in, a Buddhist temple founded in the seventh ...

TSU--“Mitake no Sakura” (Mitake’s sakura) is a famous cherry blossom viewing spot in the mountains about a one-hour drive from Tsu Station in Mie Prefecture. There, around 500 mountain cherry blossom ...

So you’ve scaled Mt. Fuji and are looking for your next challenge? Or maybe you’re just aiming to banish the winter blues with a daytrip to an uncrowded natural escape. There might still be a chill in ...