Sagamihara
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人と自然がともにいきいき | People and nature thriving together
Why visit
Most international visitors come for the outdoors: Lake Sagami and Lake Tsukui for boating and seasonal foliage, the Tanzawa mountains for serious hiking, and the Sagamiko Resort Pleasure Forest with its illuminations and amusement park. The JAXA Sagamihara Campus runs the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science with a free space exploration museum, home of the Hayabusa asteroid missions. For most travelers, Sagamihara works as a day trip from Tokyo rather than a base.
When to avoid
Sagamihara sprawls and lacks an obvious tourist core, don't expect walkable old-town atmosphere. The city's western mountain wards are far from train stations and require buses or a car. Avoid the August humidity peak if hiking, trails turn into sauna corridors. Typhoon season (August to October) can flood mountain roads and cancel ropeways at Lake Sagami.
