# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Beppu Onsen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/beppu-onsen): Oita, Onsen. Japan's most prolific hot spring city with more sources than anywhere else, famous for the spectacular Hells of Beppu.
- [Shimabara Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shimabara-castle): Nagasaki, Castle. Reconstructed castle famous for its connection to the Shimabara Rebellion, with exhibits on Christian history and samurai culture.
- [Tsurugaoka Hachimangu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tsurugaoka-hachimangu): Kanagawa, Shrine. Kamakura's most important Shinto shrine, situated at the end of a grand tree-lined approach stretching from the coast to the forested hills.
- [Gifu Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/gifu-castle): Gifu, Castle. A reconstructed castle on the summit of Mt. Kinka, reached by the Kinkazan Ropeway from Gifu Park. The keep and its museum are closed for renovation until a planned reopening in November 2027.
- [Kasugayama Primeval Forest](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kasugayama-primeval-forest): Nara, Trail. The forest on Mount Kasuga behind Kasuga Taisha, kept as the shrine's sacred ground since hunting and logging were banned in 841. It is a Special Natural Monument and part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara World Heritage site. You cannot go into the forest itself; you walk the 9.4 km path around it, best on the Takisaka stone road to the Kasugayama cave Buddhas, carved in the 1150s. Free, but wet and lonely in places.
- [Kintaikyo Bridge](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kintaikyo-bridge): Yamaguchi, Landmark. Arching across the Nishiki River in five wooden spans, Kintaikyo Bridge stands as a feat of Japanese engineering and one of the nation's most photographed landmarks. Originally constructed in 1673 and faithfully rebuilt using traditional techniques after flood damage, the bridge shows fine craftsmanship with interlocking wooden pieces assembled without a single nail. Cherry blossoms in spring and autumn foliage create vivid backdrops, while summer brings cormorant fishing displays beneath the illuminated arches.
- [Minato Mirai](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/minato-mirai): Kanagawa, Neighborhood. Yokohama's modern waterfront district with famous landmarks, shopping, and seaside promenades.
- [Misumi West Port](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/misumi-west-port): Kumamoto, Historic site. A harbour designed by the Dutch engineer Rouwenhorst Mulder and opened in 1887, with a 756 m stone quay built by Amakusa masons, stone drains and bridges, and a row of Meiji-era public buildings. Miike coal was shipped from here until Miike Port opened. It is one of the 23 parts of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution World Heritage property. The waterfront is free to walk.
- [Ritsurin Garden](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ritsurin-garden): Kagawa, Garden. Japan's largest cultural property garden with six ponds, thirteen hills, and over a thousand sculpted pine trees.
- [Echizen Coast](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/echizen-coast): Fukui, Attraction. Dramatic rocky coastline stretching along the Sea of Japan, famous for winter Echizen crab season and spectacular natural rock formations.
- [Genkyu-en](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/genkyu-en): Shiga, Garden. A Japanese pond garden northeast of Hikone Castle, built for the Ii lords and designated a national scenic beauty spot.
- [Iga-ryu Ninja Museum](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/iga-ryu-ninja-museum): Mie, Museum. A museum in Iga devoted to the ninja tradition, featuring a trick residence, tool exhibits, and demonstrations.
- [Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nirayama-reverberatory-furnace): Shizuoka, Historic site. Two pairs of furnaces under four brick chimneys about 15.7 m tall, built by the shogunate between 1854 and 1857 to cast cannons for the defence of Edo Bay. Iron and bronze guns were cast here until 1864. It is one of the 23 parts of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution World Heritage property. Entry is 500 yen, and a visit takes under an hour.
- [Suzuka Circuit](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/suzuka-circuit): Mie, Theme park. A motorsport circuit in Suzuka that hosts the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, with an attached amusement park called Motopia.
- [Wakura Onsen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/wakura-onsen): Ishikawa, Onsen. A hot spring town on Nanao Bay whose salty water first rose from the sea. The 1 January 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake shut it down. As of 16 July 2026, 11 of the 19 inns in the ryokan cooperative had reopened, with about 40% of the pre-quake rooms. The public bath, Soyu, has been open since March 2024. Kagaya, the best-known inn, is rebuilding and aims to reopen by the end of fiscal 2028.

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