Kitora Tomb
A Small Asuka Tomb Painted with the Four Guardian Animals and a Star Chart, and a Free Museum Where the Real Murals Go on Show
A two-tier round tomb from the late 7th or early 8th century whose chamber was painted with the f...
Korekawa Site
Lacquered Jomon Combs and the Gassho Dogu: Hachinohe's Korekawa Site and the Museum Beside It
A Jomon site in the southern hills of Hachinohe, Aomori, where a waterlogged ritual deposit prese...
Lake Hamana
Eel, a Red Torii in the Water and a Sunset Lined Up in Winter
A brackish lagoon of about 65 square kilometres on the west side of Hamamatsu, open to the sea si...
Lake Kussharo
Dig Your Own Hot Bath on the Beach at Japan's Largest Caldera Lake
Japan's largest caldera lake, about 80 square kilometres, in Akan-Mashu National Park. At Sunayu ...
Manda Pit
A Miike Coal Mine Shaft Tower and Brick Winding House on the Kumamoto-Fukuoka Border
A pit of the Mitsui Miike coal mine with its works still standing: an 18.8 m steel headframe from...
Matabei-zakura
A Weeping Cherry Said to Be 300 Years Old, on a Stone Wall in Rural Uda, for About Two Weeks a Year
A single weeping cherry in the hamlet of Hongo, Uda, said to be about 300 years old, 13 metres ta...
Michi-no-Eki Kyoryu Keikoku Katsuyama
Dinosaur Valley stop on the way to the museum
Katsuyama’s roadside station, opened in 2020, is about ten minutes by car from the Fukui Prefectu...
Michi-no-Eki Munakata
Genkai Sea fish near Munakata's ports
Fish from Kanezaki, Oshima and the other nearby ports arrives here every day, and the seafood sec...
Michi-no-Eki Saijo Nonta-no-Sakagura
Sake from ten Higashihiroshima breweries under one roof
A sake-brewery-style station beside the Route 2 Saijo Bypass, opened in 2022. Its market stocks s...
Michi-no-Eki Tajima-no-Mahoroba
Tajima food shopping at Santo PA
Tajima-no-Mahoroba combines a regional food market, restaurant and food court at Santo PA in Asag...
Michi-no-Eki Tono Kaze-no-Oka
Wind turbines, a valley view and the gateway to Tono
A hilltop station on Route 283 just off the Tono exit of the Kamaishi Expressway, marked by wind ...
Michi-no-Eki Yoshiumi Ikiiki-kan
Grill your own seafood under the Kurushima bridges
At the southern tip of Oshima on the Shimanami Kaido, this station sits right under the Kurushima...
Mount Misen
Miyajima's 535-Metre Sacred Mountain, by Ropeway or a Two-Hour Climb Through the Forest Behind Itsukushima Shrine
The 535-metre peak in the middle of Miyajima, rising behind Itsukushima Shrine. The forest centre...
Mount Mitake
A Cable Car, 330 Steps and a Wolf Shrine Above Ome
A 929 m mountain in Ome topped by Musashi Mitake Shrine, reached by a 6-minute cable car and abou...
Nakayamadera Temple
A vivid blue five-story pagoda rises above Nakayamadera, a temple closely associated with prayers...