Kumamoto City
Castle Town of the Legendary Kato Kiyomasa
Major Kyushu city centered around Kumamoto Castle, known for horse meat cuisine, streetcar networ...
Takaragawa Onsen
Japan's Largest Open-Air Baths Along a Mountain River
Mixed-gender open-air baths along the Takara River in a mountain valley, among the largest in Jap...
Tokyo Disneyland
The Happiest Place in Japan
The first Disney theme park built outside the United States, featuring seven themed lands with ex...
Amaharashi Coast
Coastline with Views of the Tateyama Range Across the Bay
A stretch of coast in Takaoka known for views of the snow-capped Tateyama mountains rising across...
Kobe
A cosmopolitan port city celebrated for Kobe beef, mountain-harbor scenery, and multicultural her...
Kumano Kodo Iseji Route
Walking the ancient Iseji pilgrimage route connects you to over a thousand years of spiritual jou...
Menya Musashi Shinjuku Main Store
Samurai-Themed Ramen Pioneer of the Tokyo Ramen Scene
Since 1998, this Tokyo ramen institution has served its pioneering double-soup style that masterf...
Nintendo Museum
Nintendo's Old Hanafuda Card Factory, Open Only to Lottery Winners
Nintendo's museum in its former Uji Ogura card factory, open since October 2024. Tickets come onl...
Rikugien Garden
A Masterpiece of Edo-Period Strolling Garden Design
One of Tokyo's finest Edo-period landscape gardens, built in 1702, featuring a large central pond...
Ryozenji
Starting Point of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage
Temple #1 of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage, where most pilgrims begin their 1,200-kilometer jo...
Hitachi Seaside Park
Hitachi Seaside Park draws visitors with sweeping hillsides of blue nemophila in spring and fiery...
Ohori Park
Fukuoka's Most Beautiful Urban Park
Expansive lakeside park in central Fukuoka built around the former moat of Fukuoka Castle, popula...
Toyota Commemorative Museum
From Looms to Cars, The Toyota Story in a Historic Factory
Housed in Toyota's original factory building, this museum traces the evolution from textile looms...
Nagasaki Chinatown
One of Japan's Three Great Chinatowns
One of Japan's three great Chinatowns alongside Yokohama and Kobe, famous for champon noodles and...
Niutsuhime Shrine
The Amano Shrine Whose Goddess, by Tradition, Gave Koyasan to Kukai
The main shrine of old Kii Province, in the quiet Amano basin below Koyasan. By the shrine's trad...