Summer Sunshine

With exciting festivals and eye-catching attractions, Japan is where you need to visit to experience an unforgettable summer trip. In summer, outdoor summer adventures, flower gardens, and festivals are what you can expect to do and see. Warm and humid weather and continuous rain pouring (during rainy season) are the typical things to be happened in this season. Though summer shines throughout the season, offering us beautiful flowers gardens to discover and a list of enchanting festivals to celebrate.

Hokkaido, the second largest island of Japan is the best place to visit in Japan in summer. In addition, in search of beautiful nature and cool temperature you can head to Nikko, Hakone, Aomori, Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, Hakuba, Mount Fuji, and Karuizawa.

Farm Tomita’s lavender garden, Hokkaido. Photo Credit: James.Kirk at Flickr.

Lavender, azaleas, tulips, poppy, wisterias, irises, sunflowers and other alpine flowers bloom at this period of time. You will not just be impressed by the beauty of the breathtaking flowers gardens, instead they would inspire you returning back here in the future.

Japanese people await for wearing summer yukata. Wearing this traditional summer costume, they enjoy the summer participating in different firework (hanabi) events.

One of the most exciting parts of visiting Japan in summer is participating in the various summer festivals held across the country. Every summer festival is worth exploring and unique to experience.

People also like visiting famous Japanese beaches and they are more tend to be adventurous by hiking the iconic Mount Fuji and other picture-perfect mountains that belong to the land of the rising sun.

Experience Japanese summer getting some useful summer related travel tips here.

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