The Japanese know how to work, as, perhaps, no other nation. But they know how to love and relax! The resorts of Japan provide their visitors with everything they need to really relax in real life, and then begin to fulfill their duties with renewed vigor.
The country offers a holiday of any kind - and always of the highest quality: beautiful beaches , where you can swim in really clean and transparent water, dive with scuba diving or do other water sports, ski resorts, many of which in quality are not inferior to Alpine. And, of course, health resorts, after all, it's not in vain in Japan that such thermal springs come to the surface.
Ski resorts
Ski resorts in Japan are very popular - many Japanese spend their holidays here or weekend; they are also in demand from foreigners. Large or small, designed for professionals or only for beginners - they all have well-developed infrastructure and are known for very high quality of service.
One of the most popular ski resorts can be called Naebu . This resort is located in the Yuzawa ski area. The ski resort of Hakuba is the Olympic pride of Japan, it was here that the ski competitions of the Nagano Olympiad were held in 1998. It differs from other resorts in that here the slopes work almost all year round, among the bottom there are many illuminated.
One of the first in Japan to start working ski resorts Niseko and Furano on the island of Hokkaido: they open in early December. The resorts are of medium difficulty in both resorts, but there are also descents for beginners, and "black" tracks for those who feel comfortable on the slopes of any difficulty level. Furano is also famous for the fact that here in 1972 the Winter Olympics took place.
It should be noted and such popular ski resorts in Japan, as:
- Ally Cohen is the most inexpensive of the best resorts, located north of Tokyo ;
- Daisen , offering 26 routes of varying complexity, as well as the most modern infrastructure, thanks to which it is chosen for families with children;
- Dzao - one of the oldest (opened in 1920) and the most beautiful resorts in Japan;
- Tengendai - a resort for beginners on the island of Honshu;
- Togari , located in the north of the province of Nagano, is more often than not chosen for rest by the inhabitants of Tokyo.
Also worthy of attention are resort cities of Japan, like Rusutu , Sapporo , Yuzawa, Myoko, Hatimantai and others.
Beach resorts
Those who go to see the Land of the Rising Sun in the summer, are interested in whether there are resorts in Japan with beaches, so you can relax and relax after a full of new impressions of sightseeing.
The main seaside resort of Japan is the island of Okinawa . The climate on the island is subtropical, and the beach season lasts for 8 months. Tourists are attracted to colorful corals, a rich underwater world, a lot of places for diving , and most importantly - a unique black pearl, which is extracted only here.
Other islands included in the prefecture of Okinawa, including the mini-archipelago of Kerama - a group of two dozen islands, considered to be the best place for diving are resorts.
It includes such islands:
- Dzami; the island is famous for snow-white beaches, the best of which is Furudzam; is considered one of the most beautiful islands of Okinawa; is also the center of whale excursions ;
- Gahi and Agenasiku - two small islands near Dzamami with very beautiful beaches;
- Tokasiki - the largest of the islands of the archipelago; the best place for diving in Japan, because the water here is surprisingly transparent;
- Tsuken;
- Kudak;
- Minna, also called the "Croissant Island" because of its shape; he is surrounded by a coral reef with a very rich life;
- Kamiyama, where there are many sites for diving.
Another group of islands in Okinawa is the Yayama archipelago , which includes islands:
- Taketomi, Yonaguni, bearing the title of "mystical place for diving";
- Ishigaki, where you can admire the unique blue coral, and you can do this as diving with scuba, and directly from the boat thanks to the exceptionally clear water;
- Iriomote, where beach holidays can be combined with walks in the jungle and kayaking along the rivers of the island.
However, the resorts of Okinawa are not the only resorts of Japan at sea: the famous resorts of Miyazaki prefecture, which is located on the island of Kyushu, on the Pacific coast are famous. The most popular of them can be called the resort complex Miyazaki Sea Gaia on the beach of Hitotsuba in the city of Miyazaki, where there is a beautiful wildlife park.
Thermal Resorts
Japan is famous for therapeutic resorts, the basis of which are thermal springs. They come to the surface in more than 2 thousand places. Also on the territory of the country there are more than 50% of all radon sources of the planet.
The first resorts of Japan on hot springs are known since the VIII century. They are called onsen. Almost all thermal resorts in Japan are similar to each other both in the composition of minerals and gases, as well as in the way they provide medical procedures: patients receive massage and foam baths, open-air baths, waterfalls.
The best thermal resorts in Japan are:
- Atami - the most popular among the Japanese and tourists; its center is a hydrogen sulphide source;
- Atagawa is a small town not far from Atami;
- Beppu - a complex on the basis of the largest on the Earth site for the outlet of thermal waters to the surface; In addition to water, it also offers therapeutic mud;
- Nikko , famous for, besides the onsen, a large number of religious and national shrines;
- Ibusuki , famous for its sand baths;
- Hakone - a complex of onsen on the shore of a mountain lake near Fujiyama ;
- Kinosaki - "city-onsen", consisting of 7 baths and 12 hotels-ryokan;
- Shikina is an island onsen, which you can get to from Tokyo in a couple of hours; his work depends on tides.
In addition, the best onsen of those located in the center of the capital, is Tokyo's Ōedo Onsen Monogatar.