Kusatsu, a town in Japan’s Kantō region, is known for its hot-spring resorts. At its center is the spring’s source, Yubatake, with its gushing, steaming waters. Nearby is the traditional Goza no Yu bathhouse.

Kushiro is a city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It’s known for the large Kushiro Marsh, home to deer, sea eagles, and Japanese cranes. A circular trail runs through the marsh from the Kushiro Marsh Observatory.

Kushiro-shitsugen National Park is a national park located in the east of the island of Hokkaido, Japan. It was designated as a national park on 31 July 1987. The park is known for its wetlands ecosystems.

Lake Kussharo is a caldera lake in Akan National Park, eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. As with many geographic names in Hokkaidō, the name derives from the Ainu language.

Lake Ashi, also referred to as Hakone Lake or Ashinoko Lake, is a scenic lake in the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshū, Japan. It is a crater lake that lies along the southwest wall of the caldera of Mount Hakone.

Lake Biwa is a large freshwater lake in Shiga Prefecture, northeast of Kyoto. It’s known for its abundant fish population, migratory waterbirds and wetland regions. Its shoreline is home to resorts and beaches like Ōmi-Maiko.

Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma is two freshwater lakes that lie in cropland of northern Miyagi, with a total area of 390 ha.

There are plenty of great places to get that perfect shot of Matsushima Bay and the nearby islands. Along with Amanohashidate in Kyoto and Miyajima in Hiroshima, Matsushima Bay is known as one of Japan's top three scenic views.

Mie Prefecture, within the Kansai region on Japan’s main island of Honshu, has vast protected areas and some 1,000 kilometers of Pacific coastline. In its city of Ise is one of Japan’s holiest sites.

Minakami is a mountainous hot spring resort town within easy reach of Tokyo in northern Gunma Prefecture. Canyoning and rafting in beautiful nature, relaxing in an array of hot springs, and so much more.