The Japanese highlands weather is difficult weather to predict. The weather station said it was going to be rainy with a little sun, but it turned out to be a snowy day photogenic day in the highlands. Japan is over 70% unpopulated with 6,852 Islands and is over 3000km long with some of the world's best-kept secret spots of solitued in nature. Many Participants on our photo tours in Japan enjoy pristine nature, in Zen gardens, in an atmosphere without the crowds of the City.