Autumn – Page 2 – Haki Japan

Shiga Prefecture

Part of the Kansai Region, Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県, Shiga-ken) is located east of Kyoto. The prefectural capital is Otsu. Shiga Prefecture fully encloses Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest lake. Another attraction is Hikone with its feudal castle.

Gunma Prefecture

Gunma (群馬県, Gunma-ken) is a landlocked prefecture in the Kanto Region, famous for its many high quality hot springs and beautiful mountains. Among Gunma’s best known hot spring resorts are Kusatsu Onsen, Ikaho Onsen, Minakami Onsen, Shima Onsen and Manza Onsen. The prefectural capital is Maebashi.

Saitama Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県, Saitama-ken) is Tokyo‘s neighbor to the north. Much of southeastern Saitama, including the prefectural capital of Saitama City, are considered suburbs of Tokyo, while its western parts are mostly rural and mountainous and include parts of the Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park. The former castle town of Kawagoe and the mountainous Chichibu region, known…

Niigata Prefecture

Niigata Prefecture (新潟県, Niigata-ken) is located along the coast of the Sea of Japan in the Chubu Region. It is famous for its high quality rice, beautiful coastal and mountainous sceneries, spectacular firework displays in summer, skiing in winter and hot spring bathing around the year. The prefectural capital is Niigata City.

Ehime Prefecture

Ehime Prefecture (愛媛県, Ehime-ken) is located on the island of Shikoku. The prefectural capital is Matsuyama, which is best known for its castle and Dogo Onsen, one of Japan’s oldest hot springs. Other towns of interest are Uchiko, Ozu and Uwajima.

Ibaraki Prefecture

Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県, Ibaraki-ken) is located in the Kanto Region, northeast of Tokyo along the Pacific coast. The prefectural capital is Mito, known for Kairakuen Garden, which is considered one of Japan’s three most beautiful gardens.

Fukushima Prefecture

Fukushima (福島県, Fukushima-ken) is the third largest of Japan’s 47 prefectures and stretches over 150 kilometers from the Pacific coast into the mountainous interior the Tohoku Region. Reached in just over an hour by shinkansen from Tokyo, Fukushima offers ample of natural beauty, historic sites and leisure activities, including spectacular volcanic landscapes, excellent hot springs,…

Bandai

The Bandai (磐梯) region in Fukushima Prefecture is an attractive outdoor destination, offering various walking and hiking opportunities in summer and skiing in winter. It centers around Mount Bandai, a volcano which last erupted in 1888. The eruption reshaped the mountain and created the pond-dotted Bandai Highlands, also know as Urabandai (literally “behind Bandai”). Further…

Akita Prefecture

Akita (秋田県, Akita-ken) is a large prefecture at the Sea of Japan coast in the northern Tohoku Region. Prefectural capital is Akita City. Among Akita’s main attractions are its natural beauty of mountains and the sea, hot springs and the town of Kakunodate, which preserves one of Japan’s most interesting samurai districts.

Mie Prefecture

Mie Prefecture (三重県, Mie-ken) belongs to both the Kansai Region and the Tokai Region. The prefecture is home to the Ise Shrines, Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrines. The prefectural capital is Tsu City.