Things to Do in Chubu, Japan

Hamamatsu Castle

Tokugawa Ieyasu’s early career gives Hamamatsu Castle its historical focus. A reconstructed keep ...

Kawazu Nanadaru Loop Bridge

A Road That Turns Two Full Circles to Climb 45 Meters, Inland from Kawazu

A road bridge on Route 414 that turns two full circles, each about 80 meters across, to climb 45 ...

Lake Motosuko

The Clear Western Lake Whose View of Fuji Is on the 1,000-Yen Note

The westernmost and deepest of the Fuji Five Lakes; the local tourism association calls its water...

Michi-no-Eki Fujikawa-juku

Purple barley at an old Tokaido post town

A Route 1 station in Okazaki styled after the townhouses of Fujikawa-juku, the 37th of the Tokaid...

Michi-no-Eki Himi

Fish market lunch and a foot bath on Toyama Bay

Himi Banya-gai is the outside market of Himi fishing port, built as a row of fishermen's huts. Co...

Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace

The Shogunate's Cannon Foundry in Izu, Four Brick Chimneys Finished in 1857

Two pairs of furnaces under four brick chimneys about 15.7 m tall, built by the shogunate between...

Akiyamago

Akiyamago: Thirteen Snowbound Hamlets Up the Nakatsu River, and a Riverbed You Dig Your Own Bath In

Thirteen hamlets strung about 20 km along the Nakatsu River gorge, five in Sakae village (Nagano)...

Hida Folk Village (Hida no Sato)

Thirty Hida Farmhouses Rebuilt on a Hill Above Takayama

An open-air museum of about 30 old farmhouses, storehouses and workshops moved here from across t...

Kiyosu Castle

Oda Nobunaga's First Power Base, Rebuilt in 1989 Near Nagoya

Oda Nobunaga ran his campaigns from Kiyosu from 1555, and after his death the Kiyosu Conference c...

Michi-no-Eki Donguri-no-Sato Inabu

Rice-flour bread and a hot spring in the Aichi hills

A mountain stop on Route 153 in Inabu, the far northeast corner of Toyota city. People queue for ...

Michi-no-Eki Fujikawa Rakuza

Mount Fuji views and a planetarium above the Tomei

A roadside station joined to the Tokyo-bound Fujikawa service area of the Tomei Expressway. On a ...

Michi-no-Eki Heisei

Shiitake country in a village that shares an era's name

A small station in the hills of Seki, in a district written with the same characters as the Heise...

Michi-no-Eki Sasagawa Nagare

Sea-salt soft serve on the Sasagawa Nagare coast road

Niigata's northernmost roadside station sits on Route 345 beside JR Kuwagawa Station, right on th...

Saruhashi Bridge

Saruhashi: The Pierless Monkey Bridge 31 Meters Above the Katsura River

A wooden-clad footbridge 30.9 meters long that crosses the Katsura River gorge about 31 meters ab...

Sumatakyo Gorge

A Ten-Person Suspension Bridge over Turquoise Water

A gorge at the top of the Oi River valley where the Yume no Tsuribashi, a 90-meter footbridge, ha...