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    Image of Meoto Iwa (Wedded Rocks) in Ise-Shima National Park
    Image of Abashiri port and drift ice (ryuhyo) aboard the ice breaker, Aurora; Ryuhyo drift ice in Sea of Okhotsk Makoto Togei Pass and Shibazakura Natl.Park views 0f Lake Kusharo; swans along the shores of Lake Kusharo till sunset
    Image of Mt. Asahidake, Yukomambetsu Hokkaido, Japan
    Picture of Lake Akan
    Image of a valley of volcanos at Aso National Park. Kumamoto, Japan 1992.
    Image of picturesque parkland in Japan
    Image of Choshi Otaki Waterfall in Oirase Gorge, Towada-Hachimantai National Park
    Image of a nature guide leading a canoe tour of Towada-Hachimantai National Park.
    Image of Kegon Falls in the Lake Chuzenji area in Japan
    Dangyo-no-taki Waterfalls is known for its sacred "winning" water which sumo wrestlers or owners of bull sumos would bathe in before competitions. The male waterfall (pictured) flows next to a beautiful shrine. Dangyo Falls is located on Dogo, the largest island of the Oki Islands which is an archipelago in the Sea of Japan, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
    Image of Tamagawa Onsen, Towada-Hashimantai National Park
    Image of Japanese man enjoying a soak in a hot spring in Towada-Hachimantai National Park's southern Hachimantai section.
    Image of Goshogake Nature Research Path in Towada-Hachimantai National Park
    Image of a school of Golden Sweepers swimming around a reef in Keramashoto National Park Japan
    Image of Towada Lake, Towada-Hachimantai National Park
    Japanese crane leaving its roosting spot in Setsuri river
    Wheat grows wild in Aso National Park. Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan 1992.
    Image of a pilgrimage site in Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park
    Whooper swans in Lake Kussharo (part of Akan-Mashu National Park)
    Japanese cranes perfoming their courtship dance in Akan-Mashu National Park on Hokkaido.
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    Ise-Shima National Park is a place of evergreen forests, limestone coastlines and inlets dotted with islands.
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    The wild side of Japan in photos

    Japan's best kept secrets are sometimes found in its national parks

    Published September 24, 2021

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