Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nikolai-do)
A Green Byzantine Dome Two Minutes from Ochanomizu Station
The main cathedral of the Orthodox Church in Japan, a Byzantine-style church with a 35-meter gree...
Hotakadake
Hotakadake: Japan's Third-Highest Peak, Two Days from Kamikochi
A horseshoe of rock peaks around the Karasawa cirque, topped by Okuhotaka at 3,190 m, the highest...
Ishibutai Kofun
A Bare Stone Burial Chamber in Asuka You Can Walk Into, Widely Thought to Be the Tomb of Soga no Umako
An early 7th-century burial chamber of about 30 huge stones whose earth mound has worn away, leav...
Kan'ei-ji
The Shogun Temple That Lost Most of Its Land to Ueno Park
Founded in 1625 by the monk Tenkai as the 'Hiei of the east', Kan'ei-ji was the Tokugawa family t...
Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
A Conder Stone Mansion Above a Rose Garden and a Kyoto Gardener's Pond
A Western-style stone mansion finished in 1917 to a design by Josiah Conder, with a sloping rose ...
Kyushu Natural Animal Park African Safari
Feeding lions from a caged bus on a plateau near Beppu
A large drive-through safari park with about 70 species and 1,400 animals along a 6 km road. Driv...
Lake Shikotsu
Japan's Second-Deepest Lake, 55 Minutes by Bus From New Chitose
A caldera lake about 360 m deep, the second deepest in Japan, and clear enough that the shallows ...
Lake Shoji
The Smallest Fuji Lake, Where Fuji Seems to Hold a Child
The smallest of the Fuji Five Lakes, about 0.5 km² and 6.8 km around, and the quietest. From the ...
Meguro Parasitological Museum
An 8.8-Meter Tapeworm and 300 Jars of Parasites, Free in Meguro
A small private museum devoted to parasites, founded in 1953 by the doctor Satoru Kamegai. About ...
Michi-no-Eki Kyoda
Mozuku tempura where the expressway ends
Okinawa's first registered roadside station, on Route 58 just past Kyoda IC where the Okinawa Exp...
Michi-no-Eki Sagae Cherry Land
Cherry everything on the Route 112 riverbank
A big riverside station in Sagae, the heart of Yamagata's cherry country, on the Route 112 road t...
Michi-no-Eki Sasagawa Nagare
Sea-salt soft serve on the Sasagawa Nagare coast road
Niigata's northernmost roadside station sits on Route 345 beside JR Kuwagawa Station, right on th...
Michi-no-Eki Tara
Ariake Sea seafood on the oyster-hut road
A seafood and citrus stop on Route 207, facing the Ariake Sea. More than ten oyster-grilling huts...
Naminoue Shrine
Naminoue Shrine: Naha's Cliff-Top Shrine Above the City Beach
A shrine on a limestone cliff at the edge of Naha, ranked first among the eight official shrines ...
Okuhida Onsengo
Five Hot Spring Villages Under the Northern Alps, with Outdoor Baths at Almost Every Inn
Five onsen villages strung along the valleys east of Takayama: Hirayu, Fukuji, Shin-Hirayu, Tochi...