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Chugoku Chugoku is a scenic region in western Japan known for historic cities, coastal landscapes, mountain areas, islands, shrines, castles, and destinations such as Hiroshima, Okayama, Kurashiki, Miyajima, Tottori Sand Dunes, and the Seto Inland Sea. Hokuriku Shinetsu Hokuriku Shinetsu is a scenic region of central Japan known for Sea of Japan coastlines, mountain landscapes, hot springs, historic towns, traditional crafts, ski resorts, and destinations such as Kanazawa, Nagano, Niigata, Toyama, Fukui, and the Japanese Alps. Japan Japan is an East Asian island country known for ancient temples, modern cities, cherry blossoms, mountain landscapes, hot springs, cuisine, bullet trains, and iconic destinations such as Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Mount Fuji, Hokkaido, Okinawa, and Hiroshima. Kansai Kansai is a historic and culturally rich region of Japan known for ancient temples, traditional neighborhoods, castles, food culture, festivals, and iconic destinations such as Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Kobe, Himeji, and Mount Koya. Kanto Kanto is a major region of eastern Japan known for Tokyo, historic temples, coastal towns, mountain escapes, hot springs, shopping, food culture, and travel destinations such as Yokohama, Kamakura, Nikko, Hakone, Chiba, and Saitama. Northern Japan Northern Japan is a scenic region known for snowy landscapes, hot springs, national parks, mountain scenery, seafood, festivals, and travel destinations such as Hokkaido, Sapporo, Hakodate, Aomori, Sendai, Tohoku, and the Japanese Alps. Tohoku Tohoku is a scenic region in northern Japan known for mountain landscapes, hot springs, historic temples, cherry blossoms, autumn foliage, snow festivals, coastal scenery, and travel destinations such as Sendai, Aomori, Akita, Morioka, Yamagata, and Fukushima. Tokai Tokai is a central Japan region known for Mount Fuji views, historic post towns, coastal scenery, hot springs, tea fields, manufacturing cities, and travel destinations such as Nagoya, Shizuoka, Gifu, Ise-Shima, Hamamatsu, and the Kiso Valley.