Discover Japan's Hidden Gems

Explore temples, shrines, castles, parks, and more

Landmark
Osaka

Umeda Sky Building

Floating Garden Observatory

Two 40-story towers connected by an open-air rooftop deck at 173 meters. The glass-tube escalator...

Osaka, Japan
Onsen
Hyogo

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...

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Landmark
Hyogo

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...

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Landmark
Kanagawa

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...

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Onsen
Shizuoka

Atami

Atami - Tokyo's Seaside Hot Spring Escape, Reborn

A classic seaside onsen city 45 minutes from Tokyo by shinkansen, experiencing a vibrant renaissa...

Shizuoka, Japan
Garden
Okayama

Korakuen Garden

One of Japan's top three landscape gardens, featuring elegant lawns, ponds, and tea houses since ...

Okayama, Japan
Museum
Kyoto

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...

Kyoto, Japan
Historic Site
Shizuoka

Shimoda

Shimoda - Where Japan Opened to the World

The historic port where Commodore Perry's Black Ships arrived in 1854, opening Japan to internati...

Shizuoka, Japan
Shrine
Kyoto

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...

Kyoto, Japan
Historic Site
Hiroshima

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...

Hiroshima, Japan
City
Iwate

Tono

A rural town in the mountains of Iwate known as the birthplace of Japanese folklore studies, wher...

Tono, Iwate, Japan
Museum
Shimane

Adachi Museum of Art

Art museum whose Japanese gardens have been ranked best in Japan by the Journal of Japanese Garde...

Yasugi, Shimane, Japan
Attraction
Hokkaido

Asahiyama Zoo

Asahiyama Zoo - Japan's Pioneering Behavioral Zoo

Japan's most innovative zoo, pioneering 'behavioral exhibits' that showcase animals' natural move...

Hokkaido, Japan
Historic Site
Nara

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...

Asuka, Nara, Japan
City
Saitama

Chichibu

Chichibu is a mountain town famous for its December night festival with towering floats, a 34-tem...

Chichibu, Saitama, Japan