Umeda Sky Building
Floating Garden Observatory
Two 40-story towers connected by an open-air rooftop deck at 173 meters. The glass-tube escalator...
Arima Onsen
One of Japan's Oldest and Most Famous Hot Springs
One of Japan's three oldest hot spring towns, renowned for its iron-rich golden waters and radium...
Meriken Park
Kobe's Main Waterfront Park
Kobe's main waterfront park with the red Kobe Port Tower, BE KOBE monument, and Kobe Maritime Mus...
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
Yokohama's Waterfront Red Brick Warehouses
Two handsome brick warehouses from the early 1900s, meticulously restored as Yokohama's beloved w...
Atami
Atami - Tokyo's Seaside Hot Spring Escape, Reborn
A classic seaside onsen city 45 minutes from Tokyo by shinkansen, experiencing a vibrant renaissa...
Korakuen Garden
One of Japan's top three landscape gardens, featuring elegant lawns, ponds, and tea houses since ...
Kyoto International Manga Museum
A Former School Housing 300,000 Manga Volumes
Housed in a former elementary school, this museum holds approximately 300,000 manga items. Visito...
Shimoda
Shimoda - Where Japan Opened to the World
The historic port where Commodore Perry's Black Ships arrived in 1854, opening Japan to internati...
Shimogamo Shrine
Ancient World Heritage Shrine in a Primeval Forest
One of Kyoto's oldest shrines (UNESCO World Heritage), located within the Tadasu no Mori primeval...
Tomonoura
Tomonoura - The Port Town That Inspired Ponyo
A historic port town that inspired the Studio Ghibli film 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea,' with t...
Tono
A rural town in the mountains of Iwate known as the birthplace of Japanese folklore studies, wher...
Adachi Museum of Art
Art museum whose Japanese gardens have been ranked best in Japan by the Journal of Japanese Garde...
Asahiyama Zoo
Asahiyama Zoo - Japan's Pioneering Behavioral Zoo
Japan's most innovative zoo, pioneering 'behavioral exhibits' that showcase animals' natural move...
Asuka
Japan's Ancient Capital with Megalithic Tombs and Stone Carvings
Japan's ancient capital before Nara, where mysterious megalithic stone tombs, ancient temple ruin...
Chichibu
Chichibu is a mountain town famous for its December night festival with towering floats, a 34-tem...