Matsumae (松前) is a former castle town just west of Cape Shirakami, the southernmost point of Hokkaido. Only 20 kilometers across the Tsugar...

Hokkaido (北海道) is the second largest, northernmost and least developed of Japan's four main islands. Its weather is harsh in winter with...

Mount Fuji (富士山) is, with 3776 meters, Japan's highest mountain. It is not surprising that the nearly perfectly shaped volcano has been ...

Designated as a "quasi national park" and located only twenty kilometers north of Hakodate, Onuma Park (Onuma Koen) is...

Fort Goryokaku (五稜郭) is a massive, star shaped, Western style citadel, which was built in the last years of the Edo Period for the defen...