Visit Japan Web Hachioji
Visit Japan Web invites you to explore Hachioji, a suburb located in western Tokyo. Tourists often overlook this compelling destination to explore, just one hour away from downtown Tokyo. It has a humid subtropical climate characterized by warm summers and cool winters. Hachioji boasts lush green parks and high-quality museums. Surrounded by mountains on three sides, the city has a rich historical significance as an important post town. Presently, it serves as a commuter town and a hub for several colleges and universities. Hachioji is also renowned for its numerous excellent ramen restaurants and its signature “Hachioji Ramen” featuring a soy sauce broth with chopped spring onions.
Mount Takao is a mountain in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. It is protected within the Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park. Mount Takao has a close association with the Shugendo Buddhist tradition of Tengu. The mountain is also famous for Shugendo, which is a rigorous discipline-based asceticism practiced in the mountains. There is a Buddhist temple on the mountain called Takao-san Yakuo-in Yuki-ji Temple. It attracts many visitors seeking blessings from the Tengu.
The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, established in 1983, houses one of the nation’s most extensive art collections, featuring a diverse range of works from Japan, the East, and the West, including Western paintings from the Renaissance to the postmodernist eras, photography, sculpture, ceramics as well as armor. The museum’s commitment to being a “cultural bridge connecting the world” is reflected in its collaborations with prestigious museums such as the Louvre and the Palace Museum in Beijing.
