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Japan's best detours are often on a clock — wisteria tunnels, snow monsters, firefly nights, seas of cloud. Scan the year, pick a month, and find what's actually catchable when you're here.

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44 seasonal discoveries across the year

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Abashiri Drift Ice Icebreaker Hokkaido · Jan, Feb, Mar

Asahiyama Zoo Penguin Walk Hokkaido · Jan, Feb, Dec

Otaru Canal Hokkaido · Jan, Feb, Dec

Tsurui Red-Crowned Cranes Hokkaido · Jan, Feb, Dec

Zao Fox Village Miyagi · Jan, Feb, Dec

Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park Nagano · Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec

Zao Snow Monsters (Juhyo) Yamagata · Dec 20 – Mar 8

Nabana no Sato Winter Illumination Mie · Oct 18 – May 31

Tokyo German Village Chiba · Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec

Okunoshima (Rabbit Island) Hiroshima · Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov

Ashikaga Flower Park Tochigi · Apr, May

Fuji Shibazakura Festival Yamanashi · Apr 18 – May 31

Goryōkaku Star Fort Hokkaido · Apr, May

Kawachi Fuji Garden Wisteria Tunnel Fukuoka · Apr, May

Hitachi Seaside Park Ibaraki · Apr, May, Oct

Tateyama Snow Wall (Yuki-no-Otani) Toyama · Apr, May, Jun

Oyama Senmaida Rice Terraces Chiba · Apr, May, Oct, Nov

Nasu Flower World Tochigi · Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct

Mount Osore (Osorezan) Aomori · May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Cherryland Sagae Yamagata · Jun

Fussa Firefly Festival Tokyo · Jun 13

Farm Tomita Lavender Fields Hokkaido · Jul

Tobishima Island Yamagata · Jul, Aug

Yunohama Beach Yamagata · Jul, Aug

Mount Chokai (Dewa Fuji) Yamagata · Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Zao Onsen & the Okama Crater Yamagata · Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Akagawa Fireworks Festival Yamagata · Aug 15

Akita Kanto Festival Akita · Aug 3 – Aug 6

Yamagata Hanagasa Festival Yamagata · Aug 5 – Aug 7

Mogami River Boat Ride Yamagata · Aug, Oct, Nov

Yamagata Imoni Festival Yamagata · Sep 20

Takeda Castle Ruins — Castle in the Sky Hyogo · Sep, Oct, Nov

Mount Nasu Ropeway (Chausu-dake) Tochigi · Oct

Noboribetsu Hell Valley (Jigokudani) Hokkaido · Oct

Momijidani Otsuribashi (Shiobara) Tochigi · Oct, Nov

Mount Haguro Five-Story Pagoda Yamagata · Oct, Nov

Nasu Heisei-no-Mori & Komadome Falls Tochigi · Oct, Nov

Sankyo Soko Rice Warehouses Yamagata · Oct, Nov

Yamadera (Risshaku-ji) Yamagata · Oct, Nov

Kanmangafuchi Abyss Tochigi · Nov

Nihon Minka-en Open-Air Folk House Museum Kanagawa · Nov

Nokogiriyama & the Hell Peek Chiba · Nov

Okunoin Cemetery, Koyasan Wakayama · Nov

Takachiho Gorge Miyazaki · Nov

Aogashima — the Island Inside a Volcano Tokyo · Year-round

Aoshima Cat Island Ehime · Year-round

Bato Hiroshige Museum of Art Tochigi · Year-round

Bunshokan (Former Yamagata Prefectural Office) Yamagata · Year-round

Cape Sōya — Japan's Northernmost Point Hokkaido · Year-round

Choshi Electric Railway Chiba · Year-round

Cup Noodles Museum, Ikeda Osaka · Year-round

DIC Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art Chiba · Year-round

Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura Tochigi · Year-round

Fujiko F. Fujio Museum Kanagawa · Year-round

Fujishiro Seiji Museum Tochigi · Year-round

Ginzan Onsen Yamagata · Year-round

Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) Nagasaki · Year-round

Hijiori Onsen Yamagata · Year-round

Ibusuki Natural Sand Baths Kagoshima · Year-round

Inubosaki Lighthouse Chiba · Year-round

Japan Snake Center Gunma · Year-round

Kaminoyama Castle & Onsen Yamagata · Year-round

Kamo Aquarium (Jellyfish Dream) Yamagata · Year-round

Kamogawa Sea World Chiba · Year-round

Kawagoe — Little Edo Saitama · Year-round

Kawasaki Daishi Kanagawa · Year-round

Lake Akan Marimo Hokkaido · Year-round

Lina World Yamagata · Year-round

Mashiko Pottery Town Tochigi · Year-round

Meguro Parasitological Museum Tokyo · Year-round

Moerenuma Park Hokkaido · Year-round

Mother Farm Chiba · Year-round

N's YARD — Yoshitomo Nara's Museum Tochigi · Year-round

Nagoro Scarecrow Village Tokushima · Year-round

Naoshima's Yellow Pumpkin Kagawa · Year-round

Naritasan Shinshoji Temple Chiba · Year-round

Nasu Animal Kingdom Tochigi · Year-round

Nasu Highland Park Tochigi · Year-round

Nasu Onsen Shrine Tochigi · Year-round

Nasu Safari Park Tochigi · Year-round

Nasu Senbonmatsu Farm Tochigi · Year-round

Nasu Stained Glass Museum Tochigi · Year-round

Nasu Teddy Bear Museum Tochigi · Year-round

Nasu Trick Art Museum Tochigi · Year-round

Omiya Bonsai Village Saitama · Year-round

Oya History Museum (Underground Quarry) Tochigi · Year-round

Oya-ji Temple & the Heiwa Kannon Tochigi · Year-round

Sawara — Chiba's Little Edo Chiba · Year-round

Sessho-seki, the Killing Stone Tochigi · Year-round

Shika-no-yu, Nasu's Oldest Hot Spring Tochigi · Year-round

Showa Shinzan Hokkaido · Year-round

Takasaki Byakue Daikannon Gunma · Year-round

Tendo, the Shogi-Piece Town Yamagata · Year-round

The Blue Pond of Biei Hokkaido · Year-round

The Hells of Beppu (Jigoku Meguri) Oita · Year-round

The Railway Museum, Omiya Saitama · Year-round

Tobu World Square Tochigi · Year-round

Tottori Sand Dunes Tottori · Year-round

Uesugi Shrine & Yonezawa Beef Yamagata · Year-round

Umihotaru Chiba · Year-round

Ushiku Daibutsu Ibaraki · Year-round

Utsunomiya, the Gyoza Capital Tochigi · Year-round

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