# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Ippudo Daimyo Main Store](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ippudo-daimyo-main-store): Fukuoka, Restaurant. Step into ramen history at the original 1985 flagship where Ippudo founder Shigemi Kawahara revolutionized Hakata-style tonkotsu and launched a global empire. The intimate Daimyo location maintains the founder's exacting standards with its signature creamy pork bone broth simmered for 18 hours and thin, firm noodles prepared fresh daily. For the complete experience, try the Shiromaru Classic that started it all or the spicier Akamaru Modern that helped bring Japanese ramen to the world stage.
- [Kawagoe](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kawagoe): Saitama, City. Known as 'Little Edo', Kawagoe rebuilt its merchant street in fireproof clay after an 1893 fire, and the warehouses and bell tower still stand.
- [Oka Castle Ruins](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/oka-castle-ruins): Oita, Castle. Dramatic hilltop castle ruins that inspired the beloved song Kojo no Tsuki, offering spectacular views and atmospheric stone walls.
- [Tsutenkaku](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tsutenkaku): Osaka, Landmark. A 103-metre observation tower that has been the symbol of the Shinsekai district since the current structure opened in 1956.
- [Chirihama Nagisa Driveway](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/chirihama-nagisa-driveway): Ishikawa, Beach. A stretch of firm sand beach in Hakui where cars, motorcycles and bicycles can drive directly along the shoreline.
- [Shimoda](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shimoda): Shizuoka, Historic site. The historic port where Commodore Perry's Black Ships arrived in 1854, opening Japan to international trade. Today Shimoda charms visitors with beautiful white-sand beaches, a subtropical atmosphere, and well-preserved Edo-period streets.
- [Takayama Old Town](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/takayama-old-town): Gifu, Historic site. Beautifully preserved Edo-period merchant streets with sake breweries, traditional shops, and morning markets.
- [Amaharashi Coast](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/amaharashi-coast): Toyama, Beach. A stretch of coast in Takaoka known for views of the snow-capped Tateyama mountains rising across Toyama Bay.
- [Asuka](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/asuka): Nara, Historic site. Japan's ancient capital before Nara, where mysterious megalithic stone tombs, ancient temple ruins, and archaeological treasures are scattered across serene pastoral countryside. Ishibutai, the Takamatsuzuka and Kitora tombs and the Asuka-dera temple site are among the 19 parts of the Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara, added to the World Heritage list on 26 July 2026.
- [Kumamoto City](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kumamoto-city): Kumamoto, City. Major Kyushu city centered around Kumamoto Castle, known for horse meat cuisine, streetcar network, and as a gateway to Mount Aso.
- [Miyako-jima](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/miyako-jima): Okinawa, Beach. A coral island in the far south, closer to Taiwan than to the Japanese mainland, ringed by white sand.
- [Engetsuto](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/engetsuto): Wakayama, Landmark. A small island in Shirahama Bay with a wave-carved hole through its center. During equinoxes, the sun sets directly through the arch.
- [Rikugien Garden](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/rikugien-garden): Tokyo, Garden. One of Tokyo's finest Edo-period landscape gardens, built in 1702, featuring a large central pond, miniature hills representing famous scenes from Japanese poetry, and spectacular weeping cherry trees.
- [Saiko Iyashi no Sato Nenba](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/saiko-iyashi-no-sato-nenba): Yamanashi, Historic site. Saiko Iyashi no Sato Nenba is a restored thatched-roof village at the northwestern base of Mount Fuji, its traditional farmhouses now serving as artisan workshops, galleries, and local history museums. The village was rebuilt after being destroyed by a typhoon in 1966, and today offers one of the most photogenic views of Mount Fuji framed by historic Japanese architecture.
- [Takaragawa Onsen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/takaragawa-onsen): Gunma, Onsen. Mixed-gender open-air baths along the Takara River in a mountain valley, among the largest in Japan, with 470 tatami mats of bathing space in all. They have appeared in films and travel guides.

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Last updated: 2026-11-09