秘境(ひきょう)

ひきょう
noun
unexplored region; hidden spot
1. unexplored region; hidden spot; secluded place
A remote, hard-to-reach area that remains largely unknown or untouched by tourism and modern development. Often used to describe places of natural beauty or mystery.
あの島(しま)は秘境(ひきょう)と呼(よ)ばれている。
That island is called an unexplored region.
秘境(ひきょう)の温泉(おんせん)を訪(たず)ねる旅(たび)に出(で)た。
I set off on a trip to visit a hidden hot spring.
テレビの旅番組(たびばんぐみ)で日本(にほん)の秘境(ひきょう)を特集(とくしゅう)していたので、いつか行(い)ってみたくなった。
A TV travel show featured hidden spots in Japan, and it made me want to visit someday.

USAGE:
Often used in travel media and tourism contexts. In Japan, places like remote mountain villages, isolated islands, and hard-to-access valleys are commonly described as 秘境(ひきょう). The word carries a romantic, adventurous connotation.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 秘境(ひきょう)の地(ち) (a secluded land)
  • 秘境(ひきょう)駅(えき) (remote train station)
  • 秘境(ひきょう)探検(たんけん) (exploration of hidden regions)
  • 知(し)られざる秘境(ひきょう) (an unknown hidden spot)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 僻地(へきち): remote area — neutral term for an out-of-the-way place, without the romantic connotation
  • 辺境(へんきょう): frontier — the edge of civilization or a border region
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