It’s everything Tokyo isn’t: wide expanses of untouched farmland, pitch-black night skies with views of every star, and sleepy country roads that have housed the same handful of families for generations.
San’in isn’t the Japan most travelers picture on their first visit to the country. There are no neon billboards, skyscrapers, or crowded intersections. Instead, thIs area in the southwest of Honshu, Japan’s main island, offers its own unique array of views that travelers won’t find anywhere else.
In the warmer months, visitors explore its 5,673 feet by hiking and climbing, or they gaze out on its peak from the soothing waters of Kaike Onsen, the largest hot spring resort in the region. For a more manicured approach to the outdoors, one of San’in’s most treasured gems is the internationally lauded Adachi Museum of Art, known for its 1.7 million square feet of garden space.
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