# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel - [Muroji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/muroji): Nara, Temple. Known as Women's Koya for welcoming female worshippers when Mount Koya banned them, this mountain temple features Japan's smallest outdoor five-story pagoda amid towering cedar trees. - [National Museum of Western Art](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/national-museum-of-western-art): Tokyo, Museum. Designed by Le Corbusier and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno houses an outstanding collection of Western art from the medieval period to the 20th century, including works by Monet, Renoir, Rodin, and Rubens. - [Tsunoshima Bridge](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tsunoshima-bridge): Yamaguchi, Landmark. Stretching 1,780 meters across bright turquoise waters, Tsunoshima Bridge offers one of Japan's most striking coastal drives with views rivaling any tropical coast. The long curve of the bridge connects the mainland to Tsunoshima Island, where a historic lighthouse and unspoiled beaches await. The cobalt blue waters, colored by white sand and limestone seabeds, have earned this area comparisons to the Mediterranean, making it a favorite for photographers and road trip enthusiasts. - [Yanagawa](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/yanagawa): Fukuoka, City. Historic castle town known for its scenic canal boat rides through willow-lined waterways and famous unagi (eel) cuisine. - [Kankakei Gorge](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kankakei-gorge): Kagawa, Mountain. A gorge in the interior of Shodoshima with eroded rock formations, a ropeway to the summit, and autumn foliage. - [Legoland Japan](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/legoland-japan): Aichi, Theme park. A family-oriented theme park built around LEGO bricks with rides, building workshops, and a miniature Japan made entirely of LEGO. - [Mount Omuro](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mount-omuro): Shizuoka, Mountain. A 580-meter scoria cone in Ito, a protected natural monument that nobody may climb on foot. A six-minute chairlift (1,000 yen return) takes you to a 1 km path around the crater rim, with archery inside the crater and Mount Fuji on clear days. The grass is burned off each February. - [Udo Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/udo-shrine): Miyazaki, Shrine. Built inside a natural cave overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Udo Shrine is one of Japan's most dramatically situated shrines and a sacred site associated with fertility and safe childbirth. - [Yanbaru](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/yanbaru): Okinawa, Region. The hilly, forested north of Okinawa Island, spread over the villages of Kunigami, Ogimi and Higashi. Its subtropical evergreen forest is the only home of the flightless Okinawa rail and the Okinawa woodpecker, and about 7,700 hectares of it make up the Northern part of Okinawa Island, one of the four areas of Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island, a World Natural Heritage site inscribed in 2021. Come by car: buses are sparse and the best-known waterfall trail is closed. - [Fukuoka Tower](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/fukuoka-tower): Fukuoka, Attraction. 234-meter seaside tower with panoramic views over Fukuoka city, Hakata Bay, and the surrounding mountains. - [Goshono Site](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/goshono-site): Iwate, Historic site. The site of a Jomon village on a plateau above the Mabechi River in Ichinohe, northern Iwate, lived in from about 5,000 to 4,200 years ago and one of the 17 parts of the Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan World Heritage property. You cross a covered wooden suspension bridge to reach it. Some pit houses have been rebuilt with earth roofs, based on burnt remains found here. The park is free; the museum costs 300 yen. - [Hashigui-iwa](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hashigui-iwa): Wakayama, Landmark. A striking natural monument of roughly 40 rock pillars stretching 850 meters into the sea near Kushimoto. - [Kochi Sunday Market](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kochi-sunday-market): Kochi, Market. A street market held every Sunday along Otesuji in central Kochi, running for more than 300 years with around 300 stalls. - [Rishiri Island](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/rishiri-island): Hokkaido, Island. A round volcanic island off Hokkaido's northwest coast that is almost all mountain: Mt Rishiri rises straight out of the sea to 1,721 m. You arrive on a 1 hour 40 minute ferry from Wakkanai or a small plane from Sapporo, and weather cancels both. The climb from Oshidomari takes 10 to 11 hours there and back, with no toilets on the mountain. - [Bessho Onsen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/bessho-onsen): Nagano, Onsen. A historic hot spring town outside Ueda City, nicknamed the Kamakura of Shinshu for its concentration of old temples. Page 45 of 85. Previous page: https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations.md?page=44 Next page: https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations.md?page=46 --- Source: [Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations?page=45) Last updated: 2026-11-09