100 Landscapes of Japan (Heisei period)

top 100 of landscapes in Japan in the Heisei era (conferred in 2009)

The 100 Landscapes of Japan (日本百景) is a list of famous scenic sites in Japan. This list was developed during the reign of the current emperor.

The top three are Mount Fuji, Shosenkyo gorge in Yamanashi Prefecture, and Shiretoko in Hokkaido.[1]

History change

A national poll was part of creating the "100 Landscapes of Shōwa" (昭和百景, Shōwa hyakkei) at the beginning of Emperor Hirohito's reign.

The Nichi Nichi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun supported the selection process during 1927.[2]

In 2009, the Yomiuri Shimbun sponsored an update. The newspaper and its readers selected the "100 Landscapes of Heisei" (平成百景, Heisei hyakkei). This new selection was supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.[1]

Three hundred sites were nominated and more than 640,000 votes were collected during the polling process.[1]

Table change

Landscape Prefecture Image
Okhotsk (流氷) ice floes Hokkaidō  
Kushiro Wetland (釧路湿原) Hokkaidō  
Shiretoko (知床) Hokkaidō  
Asahiyama Zoo (旭山動物園) Hokkaidō  
Hills in Biei (美瑛の丘) Hokkaidō  
Hakodate Night View (函館の夜景) Hokkaidō  
Nebuta Festival (ねぶた) Aomori Prefecture  
Hirosaki Castle (弘前城) Aomori Prefecture  
Shirakami mountain range (白神山地) Aomori Prefecture
Akita Prefecture
 
Lake Towada, Oirase River (十和田湖・奥入瀬川) Aomori Prefecture
Akita Prefecture
 
Hiraizumi (平泉) Iwate Prefecture  
Kakunodate (角館) Akita Prefecture  
Yama-dera (山寺) Yamagata Prefecture  
Mount Zaō (蔵王) Yamagata Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
 
Matsushima (松島) Miyagi Prefecture  
Aizu-Wakamatsu (会津若松) Fukushima Prefecture  
Ouchijuku (大内宿) Fukushima Prefecture  
Oze (尾瀬) Gunma Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture
Niigata Prefecture
 
Nikko's shrines, temples, and Japanese cedars (日光の社寺・杉並木) Tochigi Prefecture  
Hobikisen boats on Lake Kasumigaura (霞ヶ浦の帆引き船) Ibaraki Prefecture  
Kusatsu Onsen (草津温泉) Gunma Prefecture
Railway Museum (鉄道博物館) Saitama Prefecture  
Kawagoe (川越) Saitama Prefecture|  
Nagatoro (長瀞) Saitama Prefecture  
Chichibu Night Festival (秩父夜祭) Saitama Prefecture  
Sawara (佐原) Chiba Prefecture  
Tokyo Disney Resort (東京ディズニーリゾート) Chiba Prefecture  
Marunouchi (丸の内) Tokyo  
Akihabara (秋葉原) Tokyo  
Nihonbashi (日本橋) Tokyo  
Tokyo Tower (東京タワー) Tokyo  
Kaminarimon (浅草寺雷門) at Sensō-ji Tokyo  
Shibamata Taishakuten, Yagiri-no-Watashi ferryboat (柴又帝釈天・矢切の渡し) Tokyo
Chiba Prefecture
 
Keihin industrial area (京浜工業地帯) Tokyo
Kanagawa Prefecture
 
Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 (横浜みなとみらい21) Kanagawa Prefecture  
Kamakura (鎌倉) Kanagawa Prefecture  
Hakone, Lake Ashi (箱根・芦ノ湖) Kanagawa Prefecture  
Mount Fuji (富士山) Yamanashi Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
 
Night view of Kōfu Basin (甲府盆地の夜景) Yamanashi Prefecture  
Shōsenkyō gorge (昇仙峡) Yamanashi Prefecture  
The Northern Japanese Alps (北アルプス) Nagano Prefecture
Toyama Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture
 
Gasshō-zukuri houses (合掌造り) Gifu Prefecture
Toyama Prefecture
 
Kamikōchi (上高地) Nagano Prefecture  
Matsumoto Castle (松本城) Nagano Prefecture  
Tsumago, Magome (妻籠・馬籠) Nagano Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture
 
Terraced rice paddies in Yamikoshi (山古志の棚田) Niigata Prefecture
Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム) Toyama Prefecture  
Kanazawa (金沢) Ishikawa Prefecture  
Eihei-ji (永平寺) Fukui Prefecture  
Tōjinbō (東尋坊) Fukui Prefecture  
Inuyama Castle and the 'Rhine of Japan' (犬山城と日本ライン) Aichi Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture
 
Nagoya Castle (名古屋城) Aichi Prefecture  
Ōigawa Railway (大井川鉄道) Shizuoka Prefecture  
Takayama (高山) Gifu Prefecture  
Ise Grand Shrines (伊勢神宮) Mie Prefecture  
Lake Biwa (琵琶湖) Shiga Prefecture  
Enryaku-ji (延暦寺) Shiga Prefecture  
Temples and shrines of Kyoto (京都の寺社) Kyoto Prefecture  
Gion (祇園) Kyoto Prefecture  
Amanohashidate (天橋立) Kyoto Prefecture  
Ine no Funaya (伊根の舟屋) Kyoto Prefecture  
Temple, shrines in Nara (奈良の寺社) Nara Prefecture  
Hōryū-ji temple (法隆寺) Nara Prefecture  
Mount Yoshino (吉野山) Nara Prefecture  
Osaka Castle (大阪城) Osaka Prefecture  
Nakanoshima (中之島) Osaka Prefecture  
Tsutenkaku Tower (通天閣) Osaka Prefecture  
Kobe Luminarie (神戸ルミナリエ) Hyōgo Prefecture
Himeji Castle (姫路城) Hyōgo Prefecture  
Shirasaki Coast (白崎海岸) Wakayama Prefecture  
Kōya-san (高野山) Wakayama Prefecture  
Kumano Kodō pilgrimage route (熊野古道) Wakayama Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
 
Pilgrimage of 88 temples in Shikoku (四国霊場八十八か所) Tokushima Prefecture
Kochi Prefecture
Ehime Prefecture
Kagawa Prefecture
 
Kotohira-gū (金刀比羅宮) Kagawa Prefecture  
Naoshima island (直島) Kagawa Prefecture  
Whirlpools in the Naruto Strait (鳴門の渦潮) Tokushima Prefecture  
Shimanto River (四万十川) Kochi Prefecture  
Dōgo Onsen (道後温泉) Ehime Prefecture  
Tottori Sand Dunes (鳥取砂丘) Tottori Prefecture  
Lake Shinji (宍道湖) Shimane Prefecture  
Izumo Taisha (出雲大社) Shimane Prefecture  
Kurashiki (倉敷) Okayama Prefecture  
Atomic Bomb Dome (原爆ドーム) Hiroshima Prefecture  
Miyajima (宮島) Hiroshima Prefecture  
Kintai Bridge Yamaguchi Prefecture  
Akiyoshidai karst tableland (秋吉台) Yamaguchi Prefecture  
Dazaifu Tenman-gū (太宰府天満宮) Fukuoka Prefecture  
Yoshinogari Ruins (吉野ヶ里遺跡) Saga Prefecture  
Nagasaki Peace Park (平和公園) Nagasaki Prefecture
Mount Unzen (雲仙岳) Nagasaki Prefecture  
Kumamoto Castle (熊本城) Kumamoto Prefecture  
Mount Aso (阿蘇山) Kumamoto Prefecture  
8 hot spring resorts in Beppu (別府八湯) Oita Prefecture  
Yufuin Onsen (由布院) Oita Prefecture  
Takachihokyo gorge (高千穂峡) Miyazaki Prefecture  
Sogi-no-Taki waterfall (曽木の滝) Kagoshima Prefecture  
Sakurajima (桜島) Kagoshima Prefecture  
Jōmon Sugi cedar tree (縄文杉) Kagoshima Prefecture  
Coral reefs (サンゴ礁) Okinawa Prefecture
Taketomi island (竹富島) Okinawa Prefecture  

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References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "100 Landscapes of Heisei announced," Yomiuri Shimbun. May 2009; retrieved 2012-3-30.
  2. Japan Ministry of the Environment, 日本八景(昭和2年)の選定内容 (in Japanese); retrieved 2012-3-30.

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