Snow sculpture from Sapporo Snow Festival at Odori Park in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (© Lucas Vallecillos/age footstock)

Japanese macaque monkeys in the Jigokudani Nature Reserve, Chubu, Japan (© Peter Adams Photography Ltd./Getty Images)

Dusk at Senganmon of Kumomi-Izu, Japan (© Tommy Tsutsui/Flickr/Getty Images)

Pathway of torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan (© Rudy Sulgan/Corbis)

Sunset view of Kamui Cape on the Shakotan Peninsula, Shakotan, Hokkaido, Japan (© Japan Travel Bureau/Photolibrary)

Terraced rice field in Nagasaki, Japan -- Yoshitaka Tsumori /Getty Images©

Stone statues in Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan -- Rudy Sulgan/Corbis ©

Field of poppy flowers in Furano, Hokkaido, Japan -- Mitsushi Okada/Corbis ©

Tojinbo, Japan -- Japan Travel Bureau/Photolibrary ©

Willow tit perched on branch with berries in Hokkaido, Japan -- Aso Fujita/Corbis ©

Bihoro Pass overlooking Lake Kussharo in the Akan National Park, Hokkaidō, Japan -- Japan Travel Bureau/Photolibrary ©

Offshore rocks near Rikuchu National Park, Honshu, Japan -- Chad Ehlers/Photolibrary ©

Akita Railway traveling over an iron bridge, Tohoku, Japan -- Japan Travel Bureau/Photolibrary ©

Bamboo lined path at Adashino Nembutsu-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan -- Rudy Sulgan/Corbis ©

Two Japanese Snow Monkeys play with snowballs in Nagano, Japan – Keren Su/Corbis ©