# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel - [Michi-no-Eki Arai](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-arai): Niigata, Michi no eki. On Route 18 in Myoko, next to the Arai parking area and smart interchange of the Joshin-etsu Expressway. A seafood center, produce market and a row of ramen, soba and sushi counters make it a reliable meal stop between Nagano and the Sea of Japan coast. - [Michi-no-Eki Echizen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-echizen): Fukui, Michi no eki. A seaside station on Route 305 built around Echizen crab, the male snow crab Fukui is known for. A crab museum, an open-air bath facing the Sea of Japan and a local products shop share the site. - [Michi-no-Eki Fujikawa Rakuza](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-fujikawa-rakuza): Shizuoka, Michi no eki. A roadside station joined to the Tokyo-bound Fujikawa service area of the Tomei Expressway. On a clear day Mount Fuji fills the windows, and a 14-meter planetarium dome gives you something to do when it doesn't. - [Michi-no-Eki Nabura Tosa Saga](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-nabura-tosa-saga): Kochi, Michi no eki. A small station on Route 56 where bonito is seared over burning straw in front of you. Order the tataki in the food court and go before 15:00 on a weekday. - [Michi-no-Eki Namie](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-namie): Fukushima, Michi no eki. A Route 6 station in a town that reopened after the 2011 nuclear evacuation. Suzuki Shuzoten brews its Iwaki Kotobuki sake on site, the food court serves thick Namie yakisoba, and nine Obori Soma kilns sell their pottery. - [Mori Art Museum and Tokyo City View](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mori-art-museum-and-tokyo-city-view): Tokyo, Museum. A contemporary art museum on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, with exhibitions that change every few months and late opening until 22:00 on every day except Tuesday. The Tokyo City View observation deck one floor down needs its own ticket. - [Odawara Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/odawara-castle): Kanagawa, Castle. Odawara’s reconstructed keep rises above moats, gates and a castle park close to the station. The site introduces the Hojo clan’s Kanto stronghold and offers a convenient historical stop before continuing into Hakone or along the coast. - [Ryujin Suspension Bridge](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ryujin-suspension-bridge): Ibaraki, Landmark. A pedestrian suspension bridge with a 375-meter main span, hung 100 meters above the lake behind Ryujin Dam in northern Ibaraki. People bungee jump from the middle of it, and around Golden Week about 1,000 carp streamers fly over the gorge. There is no train: the bus from Hitachi-Ota Station runs three times on weekdays and five times on weekends and holidays, and the bus must be booked in advance. - [Ryukyu Mura](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ryukyu-mura): Okinawa, Theme park. A village of red-tiled farmhouses moved here from around Okinawa, eight of them registered cultural properties, with eisa shows four times a day and craft classes. Close to the Onna beach hotels. - [Sendai Daikannon](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sendai-daikannon): Miyagi, Landmark. A 100-metre white-robed Kannon statue standing over a housing estate in Sendai's Izumi Ward, completed in 1991. A lift takes you up through 12 levels inside, where 108 Buddhist statues line floors 3 to 11; entry is 500 yen. - [Takamatsuzuka Tomb](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/takamatsuzuka-tomb): Nara, Historic site. A small round tomb from the late 7th or early 8th century where painted murals of court women and men, the guardian animals of the directions and a star chart were found in 1972. The murals were taken out in 2007 to save them from mould, so the mound you see is a restoration. The Takamatsuzuka Mural Museum next door (300 yen) shows copies. One of the 19 parts of the Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara World Heritage property, 12 minutes on foot from Asuka Station. - [Tokyo Big Sight](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tokyo-big-sight): Tokyo, Landmark. The inverted pyramids on Tokyo Bay. Japan's biggest exhibition venue, and the home of Comiket. - [Yata-dera](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/yata-dera): Nara, Temple. Properly Kongosen-ji, a temple halfway up Yatasan in the Yata hills west of Yamato-Koriyama, known locally as Yata no Jizo-san. In June it is the hydrangea temple: about 10,000 plants of some 60 kinds flower on the slope and a 700 yen fee applies. The rest of the year it is free and quiet, but direct buses run only four or five times a day. - [Aoshima Cat Island (Ehime)](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/aoshima-cat-island-ehime): Ehime, Island. A tiny fishing island 13.5 km off Nagahama where cats far outnumber the few elderly people who still live there. There are no shops, restaurants, vending machines or places to stay, the boat runs twice a day and takes at most 34 passengers a day, and visitors are asked to follow a short set of rules. - [Goryokaku Fort](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/goryokaku-fort): Hokkaido, Castle. Hakodate’s star-shaped fortress marks Japan’s encounter with Western military design at the end of the shogunate. Moats, earthen ramparts and a reconstructed magistrate’s office make its history tangible at ground level, while a separate observation tower reveals the plan. Page 62 of 83. Previous page: https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations.md?page=61 Next page: https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations.md?page=63 --- Source: [Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations?page=62) Last updated: 2026-10-20