The bloom of Japan's iconic pink cherry ... and the most famous of these is Lake Kawaguchi, where the view of Mount Fuji rising up across the water, according to many reviews on Tripadvisor ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious ... opening cracks that fill with lake water, which also freezes. As temperatures rise again, the slab expands back into ...

Despite offering some of Japan’s most beautiful scenery ... and when that snow finally melts in the spring, it flows into the lake, dramatically raising the water level from late March to late May.

Lake Suwa fireworks and you." For the "kiss of fire" climax, star mines burst atop the water. Audiences were ... recovery during the postwar chaos. (Japanese original and video by Kazunori Miyasaka) ...

The castle's moat, filled with abundant water, marks the gentle ... Shijimi clams are a treasure of Lake Shinji, which boasts the largest catch in Japan. At sunrise, 200 boats for catching shijimi ...