Lake Mashu (Lake Mashū)

Lake Mashū

One of the cleanest lakes in the world. This legendary lake has formed in a caldera of volcano and has an amazing blue color.

Kamou no Ohkusu

Kamou no Ohkusu - the largest camphor tree in Japan

Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl.) with a circumference of 24.2 m. Tree is some 30 m high, with estimated age of 1,5 thousand years.

Jōmon Sugi (Jomon Sugi)

Jōmon Sugi - the giant of Yakushima Forest, Japan

Largest and oldest sugi tree (Cryptomeria japonica (L.f.) D.Don). Circumference 16.4 m, height 25.3 m. At least 2,000 years old.

Wonders of Japan

Itsukushima, Japan

Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Asia 🢖 Wonders of Japan Territory Wonders of Japan   Highlights A few years ago one of the Japanese buzzwords was garapagosu, in meaning that Japan is secluded and evolving separately from all the other world, just like Galapagos Islands. Indeed, there are few countries in the world with such distinct and rich cultural heritage as […]