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.Japan Ministry of the Environment, 日本八景(昭和2年)の選定内容 ; retrieved 2012-3-30.

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 of Heisei announced," Yomiuri Shimbun. May 2009; retrieved 2012-3-30.

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 100 Landscapes 

 View Prefecture Class Image National Park   Hokkaidō  Lakes  100px     Hokkaidō  Gorges  100px     Hokkaidō   Onsen  100px     Iwate Prefecture  Coast  100px     Iwate Prefecture  Gorges    N/A   Iwate Prefecture  Onsen  100px  N/A   Miyagi Prefecture  Coast  100px     Miyagi Prefecture  Coast  100px     Miyagi Prefecture  Onsen        Akita Prefecture  Coast  100px     Akita Prefecture  Lakes  100px     Akita Prefecture  Mountains  100px    Fukushima Prefecture  Coast    N/A   Fukushima Prefecture  Coast      Fukushima Prefecture  Lakes  100px     Fukushima Prefecture  Mountains    N/A   Fukushima Prefecture  Onsen  100px  N/A   Ibaraki Prefecture  Lakes 100px     Ibaraki Prefecture  Mountains  100px     Tochigi Prefecture  Lakes  100px     Gunma Prefecture  Lakes  100px  Oze National Park   Gunma Prefecture  Lakes      Gunma Prefecture  Mountains  100px  N/A   Gunma Prefecture  Mountains  100px     Saitama Prefecture  Gorges  100px  N/A   Chiba Prefecture   Coast  100px     Chiba Prefecture  Mountains      Tōkyō Metropolis  Mountains  100px     Tōkyō Metropolis  Gorges  100px     Kanagawa Prefecture  Coast  100px  N/A   Niigata Prefecture  Coast  100px  N/A   Niigata Prefecture  Lakes      Niigata Prefecture  Rivers  100px  N/A   Fukui Prefecture  Onsen   N/A   Ishikawa Prefecture  Coast      Ishikawa Prefecture  Onsen  100px  N/A   Ishikawa Prefecture  Onsen  100px     Ishikawa Prefecture  Onsen   N/A   Yamanashi Prefecture  Mountains  100px     Yamanashi Prefecture  Plains  100px  N/A   Nagano Prefecture  Gorges   N/A   Nagano Prefecture  Waterfalls    N/A   Nagano Prefecture  Plains   N/A   Gifu Prefecture Gorges  100px    Shizuoka Prefecture  Coastlines  100px  N/A   Shizuoka Prefecture  Lakes       Shizuoka Prefecture  Rivers  100px  N/A   Shizuoka Prefecture  Waterfalls  100px     Shizuoka Prefecture  Onsen  100px  N/A   Shizuoka Prefecture   Plains  100px  N/A   Shizuoka Prefecture   Plains      Aichi Prefecture  Coast  100px     Mie Prefecture  Coast  100px     Mie Prefecture  Coast  100px     Mie Prefecture  Mountains  100px     Mie Prefecture  Waterfalls  100px     Kyōto Prefecture  Rivers  100px  N/A   Kyōto Prefecture  Rivers  100px  N/A   Ōsaka Prefecture  Waterfalls  100px     Hyōgo Prefecture  Coast  100px     Hyōgo Prefecture  Mountains  100px  N/A   Hyōgo Prefecture   Mountains  100px     Hyōgo Prefecture   Plains     Nara Prefecture  Mountains  100px  N/A   Nara Prefecture  Mountains  100px     Wakayama Prefecture  Rivers  100px  N/A   Tottori Prefecture  Coast  100px     Tottori Prefecture  {Mountains  100px     Tottori Prefecture  Onsen  100px  N/A   Shimane Prefecture Lakes  100px  N/A   Shimane Prefecture  Rivers  100px  N/A   Okayama Prefecture  Coast  100px     Okayama Prefecture  Waterfalls  100px  N/A   Hiroshima Prefecture  Coast      Hiroshima Prefecture    100px  N/A   Hiroshima Prefecture  Gorges  100px     Hiroshima Prefecture  Gorges  100px      Coast      Yamaguchi Prefecture Coast  100px     Yamaguchi Prefecture  Gorges   N/A   Yamaguchi Prefecture  Plains  100px     Tokushima Prefecture  Coast  100px     Tokushima Prefecture  Gorges  100px     Tokushima Prefecture  Gorges  100px     Tokushima Prefecture  Waterfalls  100px  N/A   Kagawa Prefecture  Gorges  100px     Ehime Prefecture  Mountains  100px     Ehime Prefecture  Gorges  100px     Fukuoka Prefecture  Mountains      Saga Prefecture   Coast  100px     Saga Prefecture  Rivers    N/A   Saga Prefecture  Onsen  100px  N/A   Nagasaki Prefecture  Coast  100px     Ōita Prefecture}  Gorges  100px     Ōita Prefecture  Waterfalls   N/A   Ōita Prefecture   Plains100px     Ōita Prefecture   Plains  100px     Miyazaki Prefecture  Gorges  100px     Kagoshima Prefecture}  Mountains  100px     Kagoshima Prefecture  Coast  100px  

 Eight Views 

 Landscape Prefecture Class Image National Park   Hokkaidō  Plains  100px  N/A   Aomori/Akita Prefecture Lakes  100px   Kegon Falls Tochigi Prefecture  Waterfalls  100px      Nagano Prefecture  Gorges  100px     Aichi Prefecture  Rivers  100px     Kōchi Prefecture  Coast  100px     Nagasaki Prefecture  Mountains  100px    Ōita Prefecture  Onsen  100px  N/A

 Twenty-Five Sites 

 View Prefecture Class Image National Park   Hokkaidō  Lakes  100px     Ibaraki Prefecture  Waterfalls  100px  N/A   Tochigi Prefecture  Onsen  100px     Chiba Prefecture  Rivers  100px     Kanagawa Prefecture  Onsen  100px     Toyama Prefecture  Mountains  100px     Toyama Prefecture  Gorges 100px    Fukui Prefecture  Coast  100px     Yamanashi Prefecture  Lakes  100px     Yamanashi Prefecture  Gorges  100px     Nagano Prefecture  Mountains  100px  N/A   Nagano Prefecture  Mountains  100px     Nagano Prefecture  Gorges  100px     Gifu Prefecture  Rivers  100px  N/A   Gifu Prefecture  Waterfalls  100px     Shizuoka Prefecture  Onsen  100px  N/A   Shiga Prefecture  Lakes  100px     Nara Prefecture Plains  100px  N/A   Wakayama Prefecture  Gorges  100px     Wakayama Prefecture  Waterfalls  100px     Hiroshima Prefecture  Coastlines  100px     Kagawa Prefecture  Coastlines  100px     Kumamoto Prefecture  Mountains  100px     Kumamoto Prefecture  Rivers  100px  N/A   Ōita Prefecture  Plains  100px  

 Related pages 
 100 Landscapes of Japan (Heisei period)

 References 

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