Must-SeeMount Fuji
Yamanashi and Shizuoka
Japan's perfect sacred cone, seen from Hakone and the Five Lakes, or climbed in summer.
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Chubu
Mount Fuji, the Japanese Alps and old Kanazawa.
The Short List
Must-See
Must-See
Must-SeeTakayama
Gifu
A preserved merchant town in the Japanese Alps, with morning markets and sake.
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Worth a Detour
Worth a DetourKanazawa and Shirakawa-go
Ishikawa and Gifu
A fine garden city, and thatched farmhouses in the mountains.
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Worth a DetourNagano, Hakuba and the Snow Monkeys
Macaques in hot springs, a 1998 Winter Olympics host, and big Alpine skiing.
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Worth a Detour
Worth a DetourWorth a Detour
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
Toyama
Cable cars, trolleybuses and towering snow walls through the Japanese Alps.
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On the Map
Grey pins: guides still being written.