Katori Shrine
A wooded shrine in Katori dedicated to Futsunushi, with a long approach and dark wooden sanctuary...
Kinojo Castle Ruins
A reconstructed gate above the Kibi Plain introduces a much older kind of Japanese fortress. Kino...
Michi-no-Eki Aito Margaret Station
Farm gelato and flower fields in eastern Shiga
A roadside station on Route 307 that grew out of a farmers' market. Come for the gelato made with...
Michi-no-Eki Ashigara Kintaro-no-Furusato
Ashigara tea and Kanagawa meat in Kintaro country
Minamiashigara's first roadside station, opened in 2020 on Prefectural Road 78 about ten minutes ...
Michi-no-Eki Kamiamakusa Sunpearl
Seafood bowls at the first of the Amakusa bridges
A roadside station on Route 266 on Oyano island, close to Tenmon Bridge, the first of the Amakusa...
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 Kirara Taki
Fig soft serve above a sunset beach
A Nordic-looking station on a terrace above the Sea of Japan, on Route 9 west of Izumo. Taki figs...
Michi-no-Eki Kokindenju-no-Sato Yamato
A courtyard of food stalls and a hot spring near Gujo
A few minutes from Gifu-Yamato IC on the road north to Shirotori and Shirakawa-go, this station w...
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 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 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 ...
Mount Ontake
Mount Ontake: A Ropeway to 2,150 m and a Summit Open Only in Summer
A 3,067-meter active volcano on the Nagano and Gifu border, the second-highest volcano in Japan a...
Mount Sanjogatake
Sanjogatake and Ominesan-ji: the Shugendo Summit Closed to Women, Open 3 May to 23 September
The 1,719 m main peak of the northern Omine range, where Shugendo traces its beginning, with the ...
Yamanobe-no-michi
The Old Road Along the Foot of the Hills, 16 km from Tenri to Sakurai via Isonokami Shrine and Omiwa Shrine
A walking route along the western foot of the hills east of the Nara basin, often called Japan's ...
Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Shabani the Gorilla, Koalas and a 1937 Glasshouse in East Nagoya
Nagoya's big zoo and botanical garden on a hill in Chikusa Ward: Shabani the western lowland gori...