100 Landscapes of Japan (Shōwa period)

The  is a list of famous scenic sites in Japan. This list was developed early in the Shōwa period which was the reign of Emperor Shōwa.

## History

A national poll was part of creating the  at the beginning of Emperor Hirohito's reign.

The _Nichi Nichi Shimbun_ and _Mainichi Shimbun_ supported the selection process during 1927. Also, groupings of "Eight Views" and "Twenty-five Sites" were developed.

In 2009, the _Yomiuri Shimbun_ sponsored an update. The newspaper and its readers selected the . This new selection was supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

### 100 Landscapes

|View|Prefecture|Class|Image|National Park|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Hokkaidō|Lakes|||
||Hokkaidō|Gorges|||
||Hokkaidō|Onsen|||
||Iwate Prefecture|Coast|||
||Iwate Prefecture|Gorges||N/A|
||Iwate Prefecture|Onsen||N/A|
||Miyagi Prefecture|Coast|||
||Miyagi Prefecture|Coast|||
||Miyagi Prefecture|Onsen|||
||Akita Prefecture|Coast|||
||Akita Prefecture|Lakes|||
||Akita Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Fukushima Prefecture|Coast||N/A|
||Fukushima Prefecture|Coast|||
||Fukushima Prefecture|Lakes|||
||Fukushima Prefecture|Mountains||N/A|
||Fukushima Prefecture|Onsen||N/A|
||Ibaraki Prefecture|Lakes|||
||Ibaraki Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Tochigi Prefecture|Lakes|||
||Gunma Prefecture|Lakes||Oze National Park|
||Gunma Prefecture|Lakes|||
||Gunma Prefecture|Mountains||N/A|
||Gunma Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Saitama Prefecture|Gorges||N/A|
||Chiba Prefecture|Coast|||
||Chiba Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Tōkyō Metropolis|Mountains|||
||Tōkyō Metropolis|Gorges|||
||Kanagawa Prefecture|Coast||N/A|
||Niigata Prefecture|Coast||N/A|
||Niigata Prefecture|Lakes|||
||Niigata Prefecture|Rivers||N/A|
||Fukui Prefecture|Onsen||N/A|
||Ishikawa Prefecture|Coast|||
||Ishikawa Prefecture|Onsen||N/A|
||Ishikawa Prefecture|Onsen|||
||Ishikawa Prefecture|Onsen||N/A|
||Yamanashi Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Yamanashi Prefecture|Plains||N/A|
||Nagano Prefecture|Gorges||N/A|
||Nagano Prefecture|Waterfalls||N/A|
||Nagano Prefecture|Plains||N/A|
||Gifu Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Shizuoka Prefecture|Coastlines||N/A|
||Shizuoka Prefecture|Lakes|||
||Shizuoka Prefecture|Rivers||N/A|
||Shizuoka Prefecture|Waterfalls|||
||Shizuoka Prefecture|Onsen||N/A|
||Shizuoka Prefecture|Plains||N/A|
||Shizuoka Prefecture|Plains|||
||Aichi Prefecture|Coast|||
||Mie Prefecture|Coast|||
||Mie Prefecture|Coast|||
||Mie Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Mie Prefecture|Waterfalls|||
||Kyōto Prefecture|Rivers||N/A|
||Kyōto Prefecture|Rivers||N/A|
||Ōsaka Prefecture|Waterfalls|||
||Hyōgo Prefecture|Coast|||
||Hyōgo Prefecture|Mountains||N/A|
||Hyōgo Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Hyōgo Prefecture|Plains|||
||Nara Prefecture|Mountains||N/A|
||Nara Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Wakayama Prefecture|Rivers||N/A|
||Tottori Prefecture|Coast|||
||Tottori Prefecture|{Mountains|||
||Tottori Prefecture|Onsen||N/A|
||Shimane Prefecture|Lakes||N/A|
||Shimane Prefecture|Rivers||N/A|
||Okayama Prefecture|Coast|||
||Okayama Prefecture|Waterfalls||N/A|
||Hiroshima Prefecture|Coast|||
||Hiroshima Prefecture|||N/A|
||Hiroshima Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Hiroshima Prefecture|Gorges|||
|||Coast|||
||Yamaguchi Prefecture|Coast|||
||Yamaguchi Prefecture|Gorges||N/A|
||Yamaguchi Prefecture|Plains|||
||Tokushima Prefecture|Coast|||
||Tokushima Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Tokushima Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Tokushima Prefecture|Waterfalls||N/A|
||Kagawa Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Ehime Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Ehime Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Fukuoka Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Saga Prefecture|Coast|||
||Saga Prefecture|Rivers||N/A|
||Saga Prefecture|Onsen||N/A|
||Nagasaki Prefecture|Coast|||
||Ōita Prefecture}|Gorges|||
||Ōita Prefecture|Waterfalls||N/A|
||Ōita Prefecture|Plains|||
||Ōita Prefecture|Plains|||
||Miyazaki Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Kagoshima Prefecture}|Mountains|||
||Kagoshima Prefecture|Coast|||

### Eight Views

|Landscape|Prefecture|Class|Image|National Park|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Hokkaidō|Plains||N/A|
||Aomori/Akita Prefecture|Lakes|||
|Kegon Falls|Tochigi Prefecture|Waterfalls|||
||Nagano Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Aichi Prefecture|Rivers|||
||Kōchi Prefecture|Coast|||
||Nagasaki Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Ōita Prefecture|Onsen||N/A|

### Twenty-Five Sites

|View|Prefecture|Class|Image|National Park|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Hokkaidō|Lakes|||
||Ibaraki Prefecture|Waterfalls||N/A|
||Tochigi Prefecture|Onsen|||
||Chiba Prefecture|Rivers|||
||Kanagawa Prefecture|Onsen|||
||Toyama Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Toyama Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Fukui Prefecture|Coast|||
||Yamanashi Prefecture|Lakes|||
||Yamanashi Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Nagano Prefecture|Mountains||N/A|
||Nagano Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Nagano Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Gifu Prefecture|Rivers||N/A|
||Gifu Prefecture|Waterfalls|||
||Shizuoka Prefecture|Onsen||N/A|
||Shiga Prefecture|Lakes|||
||Nara Prefecture|Plains||N/A|
||Wakayama Prefecture|Gorges|||
||Wakayama Prefecture|Waterfalls|||
||Hiroshima Prefecture|Coastlines|||
||Kagawa Prefecture|Coastlines|||
||Kumamoto Prefecture|Mountains|||
||Kumamoto Prefecture|Rivers||N/A|
||Ōita Prefecture|Plains|||

## Related pages

- 100 Landscapes of Japan (Heisei period)