Only an hour from Shinjuku (Tokyo) by train, Lake Sagami offers not only a beautiful waterfront for water sports and fishing activities, but also panoramic hiking trails and an amusement park. From the end of November to the middle of April I highly recommend to go and see Lake Sagami Pleasure Forest. Around 4 million LEDs light up the forest place in the evening, which makes it to one of the most popular and admired illumination spots in Japan.
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Lake Sagami in Kanagawa
An offbeat location and great illumination spot
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Susan Tumanon
12 years ago
Great pictures! Its good that the Illumination is until April, I still have time to see it.
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