# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Kenroku-en](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kenroku-en): Ishikawa, Garden. One of Japan's three great landscape gardens, named for the six qualities a garden was said to need.
- [Toki Messe](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/toki-messe): Niigata, Landmark. Niigata's tallest building with a free observation deck on the 31st floor offering 360-degree views of the city, Sado Island, and the Japan Sea. Located on the Shinano River waterfront near the historic Bandai Bridge.
- [Ryoan-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ryoan-ji): Kyoto, Temple. UNESCO World Heritage Zen temple with the famous rock garden of 15 stones on white gravel. From any angle, one stone is always hidden. Philosophers have argued about it for centuries.
- [21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/21st-century-museum-of-contemporary-art): Ishikawa, Museum. A striking circular glass museum by SANAA architects, famous for its interactive Swimming Pool installation.
- [Nagamachi Samurai District](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nagamachi-samurai-district): Ishikawa, Historic site. A preserved samurai residential district with earthen walls, private gates, and narrow lanes. The Nomura-ke house offers a glimpse into samurai life with its elegant garden.
- [Yuushien Garden](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/yuushien-garden): Shimane, Garden. A beautiful Japanese garden on Daikonshima island in Lake Nakaumi, famous for its large peony displays. The indoor peony garden allows year-round viewing, and the garden is illuminated at night.
- [Oyama Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/oyama-shrine): Ishikawa, Shrine. A Kanazawa shrine dedicated to Maeda Toshiie, known for a front gate blending Japanese, Chinese and European design.
- [Fuunji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/fuunji): Tokyo, Restaurant. A narrow counter of fifteen seats, a few minutes from Shinjuku's south exit, and a queue outside it for most of the hours it is open. This is Fuunji's original shop, and it has been on Tokyo tsukemen lists for years. Tsukemen means the noodles and the broth arrive separately. Here the noodles are thick, cold and firm, and the dipping broth is a gyokai tonkotsu: pork and chicken bones cooked down and then loaded with dried sardine and bonito powder until it is closer to a paste than a soup. It is intensely savoury and it clings to the noodles rather than running off them. The standard order is the tokusei tsukemen, which adds extra chashu and a marinated egg. Finish the noodles, then ask for soup-wari. Staff top the remaining broth with light stock so you can drink it, and skipping this step wastes the best part of the meal. Practical things. Buy a ticket at the machine before joining the queue, which is the local rule and not obvious to first-timers. Expect thirty to sixty minutes at peak, less if you arrive right at opening or in the mid-afternoon before the evening service. The shop is open every day, with a break from 15:00 to 17:00, and closes early once the soup runs out. Portions are large and the default noodle amount defeats a lot of people. Bring cash: the ticket machine is how you order, and cards are not accepted. If the queue is beyond your patience, Fuunji has two more shops, in Tokyo Ramen Yokocho under Tokyo Station and near Yokohama Station, both open until 23:00. Shinjuku also has several hundred other ramen shops, though very few of them do this particular bowl as well.
- [Kofuku-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kofuku-ji): Nara, Temple. World Heritage temple with Japan's second-tallest wooden pagoda (50m). The National Treasure Hall has the Ashura statue from the 8th century, with three faces and six arms. Pagoda under restoration until 2030s.
- [Arashiyama](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/arashiyama): Kyoto, Attraction. Kyoto's western escape, where towering bamboo groves, a graceful river bridge, and hillside temples create one of Japan's most beloved landscapes.
- [Tokyo National Museum](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tokyo-national-museum): Tokyo, Museum. Japan's oldest and largest national museum with over 110,000 objects including 89 National Treasures.
- [Osorezan (Mount Osore)](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/osorezan-mount-osore): Aomori, Temple. Osorezan (Mount Osore) in Mutsu, Aomori is one of Japan's three most sacred places alongside Mount Koya and Mount Hiei. The barren volcanic landscape of sulfurous vents, a crater lake, and colorful mineral deposits creates an otherworldly atmosphere. Bodaiji Temple on site hosts the famous Itako mediums festival in July. Open May to October only.
- [Komachi-dori](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/komachi-dori): Kanagawa, Shopping. Kamakura's lively main shopping street running from JR Kamakura Station toward Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine, lined with souvenir shops, cafes, and street food stalls.
- [Naruto Whirlpools](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/naruto-whirlpools): Hyogo, Landmark. Among the world's largest tidal whirlpools, formed in the Naruto Strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku. Best viewed from sightseeing boats or the Uzu-no-Michi walkway under the Onaruto Bridge.
- [Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/osaka-aquarium-kaiyukan): Osaka, Aquarium. One of the world's largest aquariums featuring a massive Pacific Ocean tank with whale sharks and diverse marine life.

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Last updated: 2026-11-07