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...
Hitachi Seaside Park
Hitachi Seaside Park draws visitors with sweeping hillsides of blue nemophila in spring and fiery...
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...
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...
Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site
Japan's Largest Jomon Settlement, a UNESCO World Heritage Prehistoric Site
One of Japan's most important archaeological sites and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sannai-Maruy...
Takamatsuzuka Tomb
The Asuka Tomb Whose Painted Women Started an Archaeology Boom in 1972, with a Mural Museum Next Door
A small round tomb from the late 7th or early 8th century where painted murals of court women and...
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...
Shiraito Falls
Wide Curtain Waterfall Fed by Mount Fuji Spring Water
A curved cliff about 20 meters high and 150 meters wide where hundreds of streams of Mount Fuji s...
Dejima
Restored Edo-Period Dutch Trading Post
A restored fan-shaped island in central Nagasaki that served as the Netherlands' trading post dur...
Kitakata
Japan's Ramen Capital with Historic Kura Storehouses
Famous as one of Japan's three great ramen cities, with over 100 ramen shops serving the signatur...