Best Places to visit Japan in November

November is the perfect time to enjoy autumn leaves fall in Japan. The weather is chilly but not too cold that you have to wear multiple layers of clothes, so you can still comfortably enjoy beautiful nature scenery. It is also the time when the final sumo tournament takes place, another reason to come to Japan during November. Check out these places to visit when you come to Japan around November.

Naritasan Park

This is a large garden of 165,000㎡, spreading out below Heiwa-no-Daito (Great Pagoda of Peace) at the back of the Great Main Hall of Narita-san Shinsho-ji Temple. The walking course is popular, a place rich in nature including the plum blossoms in spring and the beautiful foliage in autumn.

Nikko National Park

The park is so big that you enter it without even noticing. It is a magnificent natural park with over 2000 m of volcanic plains dotted with lakes, marshlands, and waterfalls.

Tofuku-ji Temple

The temple has plenty of highlights including 25 sub-temples and a rock garden. It is also famous as a place to see the fall colors. The colors are especially beautiful at Tsutenkyo Bridge linking the main hall with Kaisan-do Hall.

Koishikawa Korakuen Garden

In the ever-changing international metropolis of Tokyo, there is Koishikawa Korakuen Garden which has preserved its serenity. The garden of the illustrious family of the Mito branch of the Tokugawas, which has received both Special Historic Site and Special Place of Scenic Beauty status, was the most fashionable green space.

Rikugien

A Japanese garden with a three-hundred-year history, Rikugien suffered great damage from numerous natural disasters in order to survive to the present day. Here, visitors can feel a sense of the Edo Period’s splendid gardening culture

Ryogoku

Encountering the many wrestlers during a sumo tournament in Tokyo feels like you’ve slipped back in time to the Edo Era. You can see their lifestyle and eat like them through the many haberdasheries for these king-sized men and restaurants with their huge portions.