The natural beauty of Japan
Mt Hotaka; Northern Japanese Alps
Rebun Island
Lakes in Hokkaido.
The Seas of Shikoku.
Kerama Islands of Okinawa at Winter
Oirase Mountain Stream from early summer to winter.
Tatsukushi Bay on the southern tip of Koichi Prefecture, close to Cape Ashizuri.
The Forest of Ise Shrine.
The Kakita River under Mt. Fuji
Iwojima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, between Yakushima Island and the main island of Kyushu.
Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture.
The Takatsu River in western Shimane Prefecture.
Rapid tidal currents and sheer, inaccessible cliffs of rhyolite provide the perfect habitat for the Japanese murrelet, an endangered species of bird.
In summer, more than 80 species of butterfly and bumblebees collect nectar from the abundant flowers of this highland cone-shaped basin with its diverse environments of grassland, woodland and marsh.
Despite devastation of their habitat by the 2011 tsunami, three-spined male sticklebacks continue to build nests in cool spring-fed water to attract females.
An island filled with extraordinary sights and sounds: rare thrushes singing, woodpeckers drilling holes, endemic jays building their nests early, and tiger butterflies huddled to keep warm.
The severe winter conditions on mountain Tomuraushi (2,141m) include powerful winds, white blizzards, and massive lumps of ice. Despite all this, nutcrackers choose to live here.
Northern Hokkaido is a vast snowfield in winter with scant food for animals. Northern red foxes live here, and white-tailed sea eagles fish in the waves.
Migratory birds visit wetland areas of the Sarobetsu Plain in spring, but danger comes in the form of massive white-tailed sea eagles anxious to feed their chicks.
A clear stream in the mountain, at the foot of volcano.
In July, the 1,700-meter-high 'roof of Hokkaido' becomes carpeted with wild flowers which have evolved clever ways to ensure pollination.
Lakes of the seashore: where the shoal collapses, water flows out.
The grassy areas, woods and marshland of the 8-kilometer-long sandbars on the Nemuro Peninsula. Pink roses, bees, butterflies and migrant birds live here in summer.
700 species of saltwater and freshwater fish and shellfish, including phantasmal crabs, inhabit the brackish water environment of Lake Hamana.
Rapid tidal currents and sandy seabed deposits have shaped the marine habitat of the Inland Sea, including fish, ospreys and migratory ducks.
Furano's landscape features natural forests and vast dry field farming areas. Ezo Ural owls have adapted to this unique environment in early summer.