Ikeda Castle Ruins Park
A landscaped hilltop park marks the former stronghold of the Ikeda clan, with a Japanese garden a...
Iya Onsen
A Cable Car Down a 42-Degree Cliff to a River Bath in the Iya Valley
A single inn, Hotel Iya Onsen, on the rim of the Iya gorge, with its own cable car that drops 170...
Kinojo Castle Ruins
A reconstructed gate above the Kibi Plain introduces a much older kind of Japanese fortress. Kino...
Michi-no-Eki Kitagawa Hayuma
Chicken nanban at Miyazaki's northern gateway
Right at Kitagawa IC, where Route 10 meets the Higashi-Kyushu Expressway, this is the first stop ...
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 Shizukuishi Anekko
A hot spring stop on the Route 46 drive to Akita
The last big stop on Route 46 before the mountains to Akita. It has a day-use hot spring with an ...
Michi-no-Eki Uchiko Fresh Park Karari
Uchiko-grown produce, ham and bread by the river
A farm market on Route 379 that only sells produce grown in Uchiko, with each grower's name on th...
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...
Nakayamadera Temple
A vivid blue five-story pagoda rises above Nakayamadera, a temple closely associated with prayers...
Rakan-ji Gohyaku Rakan
Five Hundred Stone Arhats in Rock-Cut Caves, Carved for the Silver Miners of Iwami Ginzan
Two caves cut into a rock face across the stream from Rakan-ji in Omori, each holding 250 small s...
Tenkawa Daibenzaiten Shrine
A Benzaiten Shrine for Performers in the Omine Valleys, Where Noh Is Still Staged
A shrine to Benzaiten, goddess of water, eloquence and the performing arts, in the village of Ten...
Tobu World Square
The world's landmarks at 1/25 scale near Kinugawa Onsen
An outdoor miniature park with 102 buildings from 22 countries built at 1/25 scale, including 48 ...
Akiyoshidai Plateau
An open karst plateau of grassland and pale limestone above Akiyoshido Cave, with viewpoints and ...
Hara Castle Ruins
The Headland Where the Shimabara-Amakusa Rebellion Ended
Grassy ruins on a headland above the Ariake Sea, where some 27,000 to 37,000 rebels under Amakusa...