Ichijodani Asakura Family Historic Ruins
A Castle Town Burned in 1573, Dug Up and Partly Rebuilt in a Fukui Valley
The site of the Asakura clan's castle town, which Oda Nobunaga's army burned in 1573, now a 278-h...
Kashihara Jingu
Emperor Jimmu's Shrine Under Mount Unebi, With a Main Hall From the Kyoto Palace
A shrine to Emperor Jimmu, the legendary first emperor, built in 1890 at the foot of Mount Unebi ...
Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa
A Dolphin Show in a Round Arena, Two Minutes From Shinagawa Station
An indoor aquarium inside the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, about two minutes from Shinagawa Station, w...
Michi-no-Eki Aso
Aso produce and travel advice beside JR Aso Station
A roadside station on Route 57 right next to JR Aso Station, facing the five peaks of Mount Aso. ...
Michi-no-Eki Daisen Megumi-no-Sato
Daisen tea soft serve at the foot of the mountain
A farm shop and cafe right off the Nawa interchange of the San'in Expressway, with Mount Daisen a...
Michi-no-Eki Nara Rekishi Geijutsu Bunkamura
Watch cultural treasures being restored in Tenri
Few roadside stations let you watch conservators at work. At this prefectural culture village in ...
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 Shinshu Tsutaki-juku
Hot spring and Suwa sake at the Yamanashi border
A Route 20 stop just inside Nagano from the Yamanashi border, named after an old Koshu Kaido post...
Mount Tanigawa
Ropeway to Tenjindaira, Then Three Hours Up the Tenjin Ridge
A 1,977-meter peak on the Gunma and Niigata border where more than 800 climbers have died since 1...
Rebun Island
Rebun Island: Flower Trails at the Far End of the Wakkanai Ferry
A long, low island west of Wakkanai, reached only by a ferry of about two hours. From late May to...
Sada Chinkabashi
A 291.6-Meter Bridge With No Railings That Goes Under the Shimanto River in Floods
The longest submersible bridge on the Shimanto River: 291.6 meters long, 4.2 meters wide, with no...
Chogosonshi-ji
The Tiger Temple of Mount Shigi, Home Ground of Bishamonten and the Shigisan Engi Scrolls
A sprawling temple on Mount Shigi in Heguri, given over to Bishamonten and to tigers: legend says...
Ganryujima
The Islet Where Musashi Fought Kojiro, 10 Minutes by Boat from Karato
A flat, uninhabited islet in the Kanmon Strait, officially named Funashima, where by tradition Mi...
Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory
A museum in Hokuei about Detective Conan creator Gosho Aoyama, with displays and interactive exhi...
Kinugawa Onsen
A Riverside Hotel Town Two Hours From Asakusa, With a Boat Down the Gorge and a Free Footbath at the Station
A long line of big hotels on both banks of the Kinu River gorge, about two hours from Asakusa on ...