Michi-no-Eki Kamogawa Ocean Park
A shell-shaped lookout on the Boso coast road
A three-storey building shaped like a turban shell, or a pyramid, depending on who you ask, on Ro...
Michi-no-Eki Kisakata Nemu-no-Oka
A sea-view bath and sunset on the Akita coast
A roadside station on Route 7 right on the Sea of Japan in Kisakata. A fourth-floor hot-spring ba...
Michi-no-Eki Miyama Fureai Hiroba
Miyama milk and farm produce before the thatched village
Miyama Fureai Hiroba combines the Flat Miyama farm shop, a dairy counter and visitor information ...
Michi-no-Eki Nagomi
A riverside food stop in Wachi
Nagomi sits beside the Yura River on Route 27 in northern Kyotamba. Farm vegetables, Wachi specia...
Michi-no-Eki Narusawa
Highland vegetables with Mount Fuji behind the car park
On Route 139 at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, about ten minutes from Kawaguchiko IC. The farm ...
Michi-no-Eki Takachiho
Kagura masks and Takachiho beef in the town of myths
On Route 218 in the middle of Takachiho town, this station is easy to spot by its huge kagura-mas...
Michi-no-Eki Tojo
Regional shopping at the gateway to Tojo Lake
Tojo is a roadside station just outside Hyogo-Tojo IC, with local produce, regional goods and pla...
Michi-no-Eki Yonezawa
Yonezawa beef at the edge of the expressway
A large station opened in 2018 about 200 meters from Yonezawa-Chuo IC on the Tohoku-Chuo Expressw...
Mount Kaimon
Satsuma Fuji: A Spiral Trail Up a 924 m Cone by the Sea
A near-perfect 924-meter volcanic cone at the southern tip of the Satsuma Peninsula, called Satsu...
Mount Kumotori
Tokyo's Highest Point at 2,017 m, Best Done with a Night in a Hut
At 2,017 m on the border with Saitama and Yamanashi, Kumotori is the highest point in Tokyo and o...
Naruko Onsen
Kokeshi Dolls, a 300-Yen Sulfur Bath by the Shrine, and a Gorge That Fills Up in Autumn
A hot spring town in the hills of northwest Miyagi, about 45 minutes from Furukawa on the JR Riku...
Nezu Shrine
Seven Edo-Era Buildings, 3,000 Azaleas and a Tunnel of Red Torii
A gongen-style shrine finished in 1706 whose seven main structures are all Important Cultural Pro...
Niijima
6.5 km of White Sand and a Free Seaside Onsen Open All Night
A surf island about 160 km south of Tokyo, where Habushiura's 6.5 km of white sand faces the open...
Suitengu
Nihonbashi's Safe-Childbirth Shrine, Busiest Every Twelfth Day
Tokyo's best-known shrine for safe childbirth, a minute from Suitengumae Station, rebuilt in 2016...
Sumatakyo Gorge
A Ten-Person Suspension Bridge over Turquoise Water
A gorge at the top of the Oi River valley where the Yume no Tsuribashi, a 90-meter footbridge, ha...