Detourmap
Nature & landscapes in Japan
Japan has 754 nature & landscapes on Detourmap — parks, mountains, waterfalls, caves, volcanoes and coves. The best known is Mount Fuji. Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them; this is 1–150, on page 1 of 6.
- Nature
- 754
- Oldest
- Lake Biwa 4 million years ago
- Little known
- 508 of 754
- Most from
- 20th century
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5.Iwo Jima
Nature · Renowned
Island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain south of the Ogasawara Islands, site of the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima
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19.Mount Hiei
Nature · Renowned
Mountain in Kyōto, Kyōto prefefecture and Ōtsu, Shiga Prefectures, Japan
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21.Dejima
Nature · 17th century · Renowned
Former island at head of Nagasaki harbor, now reclaimed & part of mainland; was residence of Eutch East India Company 1641-1859; this was the only point of con…
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22.Mount Kōya
Nature · 9th century · Renowned
Buddhist temple complex and settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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41.Mount Suribachi
Nature · Notable
A 169-metre (554 ft)-high mountain on the southwest end of Iwo Jima
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114.Lake Shinji
Nature · 80th century BC · Notable
Lake in Shimane Prefecture, Chūgoku region, Japan
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117.Shiraito Falls
Nature · Notable
Waterfall in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, near Mount Fuji, Japan
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138.Sanriku Fukko National Park
Nature · 21st century · Notable
National park in the Tohoku region in Japan
Questions about this page
How many nature & landscapes are there in Japan?
754 on this map, out of 25,830 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Japan with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.
What is the best known of the nature & landscapes in Japan?
Mount Fuji. Volcano in Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures, Japan.
Which is the oldest?
Lake Biwa, dated to 4 million years ago. 60 of these 754 carry a founding date, 12 of them from before the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.