Just north of Osaka and Kyoto, this national park stretches over 75km of coastline and is home to some of the best coastal scenery in all of Japan. The nature reserve encompasses three prefectures ...

Japan’s national parks now attract a combined 371 million visitors annually. The parks encompass wilderness but also roads and towns. Take, for instance, Daisen-Oki National Park , in western Japan.

Cartographers at the National Park Service make beautiful, easy-to-read maps for the parks’ 300 million annual visitors.

In case you’re wondering which national parks people seem to like the most, Google also shared a list of the parks with the highest user ratings on Maps. They each got more than 1,000 reviews ...

The National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno serves as the host for this celebration of Japan's natural beauty as seen through the country's national parks, of which there are currently 34 ...