蔦七沼，瓢箪沼

By PS 兔~兔兔兔
Taken on: October 29, 2013
Location: Hyotan-Numa, Tsuta Marsh, Towada City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Cloud Surrounds Mt. Fuji

Mount Fuji, 100 kilometres south-west of Tokyo in Japan, rises out of the cloud covering the surrounding area.

Source: Gareth Arthur

Fukuroda Falls

By Shiruchi
Taken on: November 1, 2009
Location: Japan

Frilled Shark

Humans rarely encounter frilled sharks, which prefer to remain in the oceans’ depths, up to 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) below the surface.

Considered living fossils, frilled sharks bear many physical characteristics of ancestors who swam the seas in the time of the dinosaurs.

This 5.3-foot (1.6-meter) specimen was found in shallow water in Japan in 2007 and transferred to a marine park. It died hours after being caught.

Photograph by Awashima Marine Park, Getty Images