# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel - [Michi-no-Eki Kyoto Shinkoetsu Mura](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-kyoto-shinkoetsu-mura): Kyoto, Michi no eki. Beside Sonobe IC, Kyoto Shinkoetsu Mura gathers local rice, vegetables and prepared products from the surrounding farming communities. It is a compact stop before heading farther into Nantan, toward Hiyoshi or the Rurikei area. - [Michi-no-Eki Matsuura Umi-no-Furusatokan](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-matsuura-umi-no-furusatokan): Nagasaki, Michi no eki. A fishing-port market on Route 204 in Matsuura, the city that calls itself the holy land of aji fry. Expect a lunchtime queue for the fried horse mackerel, and fresh fish to look at while you wait. - [Michi-no-Eki Senzakitchen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-senzakitchen): Yamaguchi, Michi no eki. Senzaki's fishing-port food hall on Senzaki Bay. Buy fish or dried seafood at the counter and grill it yourself next door, or sit down for a local seafood bowl. Around 4.35 million people came in its first five years. - [Michi-no-Eki Shinwa-no-Sato Shirousagi](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-shinwa-no-sato-shirousagi): Tottori, Michi no eki. A roadside station on Route 9 facing Hakuto Beach, where the Hare of Inaba myth is set. Upstairs there is a seafood restaurant with live tanks, downstairs a souvenir shop, and Hakuto Shrine is a short walk behind the building. - [Michi-no-Eki Utsunomiya Romantic Mura](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-utsunomiya-romantic-mura): Tochigi, Michi no eki. A 46-hectare farm park on Route 293, about five minutes from the Utsunomiya interchange. Come for the Aozora-kan shop, stay for the open-air hot spring and a glass of beer brewed on site. - [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. - [Mizuki Shigeru Road](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mizuki-shigeru-road): Tottori, Neighborhood. A walk through Sakaiminato lined with bronze yokai from the manga of Mizuki Shigeru. - [Mount Chokai](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mount-chokai): Yamagata, Mountain. A 2,236 m active volcano on the Akita and Yamagata border, about 16 km from the Sea of Japan and called Dewa Fuji for its shape. Most climbers start at Hokodate, the fifth station at 1,150 m on the toll-free Chokai Blue Line, and reach the summit in about 4 hours 40 minutes on a route where snowfields last into July. - [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. - [Osaka Cathedral (St. Mary's, Tamatsukuri)](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/osaka-cathedral-st-mary-s-tamatsukuri): Osaka, Landmark. The cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu, built in 1963 on ground linked to the Hosokawa family residence, with stone statues of Hosokawa Gracia and Takayama Ukon in the forecourt and murals by Domoto Insho inside. - [Takamatsu Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/takamatsu-castle): Kagawa, Castle. Takamatsu’s waterfront castle survives as Tamamo Park, where seawater fills the moats beside original turrets. The absent keep leaves room to focus on stone defenses, formal gardens and the castle’s unusual relationship with the Seto Inland Sea. - [Ujigami Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ujigami-shrine): Kyoto, Shrine. A small, free shrine on the east bank of the Uji River whose main hall Kyoto Prefecture lists as the oldest shrine building in Japan; tree-ring dating in 2004 put its timber at around 1060. The haiden in front is early Kamakura and built like a nobleman's house. Plain weathered wood, no paint, and done in 20 minutes. One of the 17 parts of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto World Heritage property. - [Fugaku Wind Cave](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/fugaku-wind-cave): Yamanashi, Attraction. A horizontal lava tube 201 m long in the Aokigahara forest, about 3°C inside, with ice that lasts through summer. Easier than the Narusawa Ice Cave next door: the walk is mostly level and takes about 15 minutes. Entry is 350 yen. - [Iya Onsen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/iya-onsen): Tokushima, Onsen. A single inn, Hotel Iya Onsen, on the rim of the Iya gorge, with its own cable car that drops 170 meters down a 42-degree slope to open-air baths beside the river. Day visitors are welcome, but the bus out here runs only three times a day. - [Kijima Kogen Park](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kijima-kogen-park): Oita, Amusement park. A highland amusement park on the road from Beppu to Yufuin, best known for Jupiter, the wooden coaster that opened in 1992 as Japan's first. Cooler than the coast in summer, with an ice rink in winter. Page 72 of 83. Previous page: https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations.md?page=71 Next page: https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations.md?page=73 --- Source: [Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations?page=72) Last updated: 2026-10-20