# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel - [Daisetsuzan National Park](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/daisetsuzan-national-park): Hokkaido, Park. Japan's largest national park spanning over 2,200 square kilometers of dramatic volcanic peaks, alpine meadows, and pristine wilderness in the heart of Hokkaido. - [Korakuen Garden](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/korakuen-garden): Okayama, Garden. One of Japan's top three landscape gardens, featuring elegant lawns, ponds, and tea houses since 1700. - [Namahage Museum](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/namahage-museum): Akita, Museum. The Namahage Museum in Oga, Akita showcases the UNESCO-listed Namahage tradition, in which fearsome masked figures visit homes on New Year's Eve to ward off evil and encourage hard work. The museum displays over 150 Namahage masks from across the Oga Peninsula, each with distinct regional character. Adjacent Shinzan Shrine hosts live Namahage reenactments year-round. A good place to understand one of Japan's most dramatic folk customs. - [Nishi Hongan-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nishi-hongan-ji): Kyoto, Temple. Head temple of the Hongwanji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, on this site since 1591. Entry is free, the gates open at 5:30, and you can sit on the tatami of two huge halls, the 1636 Goei-do and the 1760 Amida-do. The Hiunkaku pavilion and the Shoin with the oldest surviving Noh stage are usually closed. One of the 17 parts of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto World Heritage property. - [Sado Island](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sado-island): Niigata, Attraction. Japan's sixth largest island with gold mines, traditional performing arts, and rugged coastal scenery. - [Wakayama Marina City](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/wakayama-marina-city): Wakayama, Attraction. An artificial island resort featuring the Mediterranean-themed Porto Europa park, Kuroshio Market fish market, and onsen facilities. - [Awashima Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/awashima-shrine): Wakayama, Shrine. A seaside shrine in Kada dedicated to Sukunahikona, associated with women's health and known for the thousands of dolls left here for memorial services. - [Lake Inawashiro](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/lake-inawashiro): Fukushima, Attraction. Japan's fourth-largest lake, nicknamed the Mirror of Heaven for its crystal-clear waters reflecting Mount Bandai. - [Matsushima Bay](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/matsushima-bay): Miyagi, Attraction. A bay dotted with over 260 pine-covered islands, celebrated as one of Japan's Three Most Scenic Views. - [Gio-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/gio-ji): Kyoto, Temple. A small thatched-roof temple blanketed in luminous green moss, linked to a tragic love story from the Tale of the Heike. One of Arashiyama's most serene and intimate spots. - [Mifuneyama Rakuen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mifuneyama-rakuen): Saga, Garden. Historic 500,000-square-meter garden dating to 1845, famous for seasonal beauty and the immersive teamLab light art installations. - [Mikimoto Pearl Island](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mikimoto-pearl-island): Mie, Museum. A small island in Toba Bay where Kokichi Mikimoto first produced a cultured pearl in 1893, now a museum with ama diver demonstrations. - [Mount Ishizuchi](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mount-ishizuchi): Ehime, Attraction. The highest peak in western Japan at 1,982 meters and one of Japan's seven holy mountains, popular for hiking with chains bolted into the rock face. - [Aomori](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/aomori): Aomori, City. Northern Honshu city famous for the spectacular Nebuta Festival, one of Japan's most dramatic summer festivals featuring massive illuminated float parades through the streets. - [Fujiwara Palace Site](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/fujiwara-palace-site): Nara, Historic site. The site of the palace at the centre of Fujiwara-kyo, Japan's capital from 694 to 710, which Nara Prefecture describes as the country's first full-scale capital laid out on the Chinese grid model. Today it is a wide grass field with a few rows of red pillars, the three Yamato mountains on the horizon, and fields of rapeseed (late March to early April), lotus (mid-July to early August) and cosmos (October). Free, flat and shadeless, and about 30 minutes on foot from the nearest stations. Page 32 of 85. Previous page: https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations.md?page=31 Next page: https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations.md?page=33 --- Source: [Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations?page=32) Last updated: 2026-11-09