Osaka Tenmangu Shrine
Shrine to the God of Learning and Host of the Tenjin Matsuri
A shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, the deity of learning, and the site of the Tenjin Ma...
Sapporo Beer Museum
Japan's Only Beer Museum
Japan's only beer museum, housed in an atmospheric red-brick Meiji-era building with tastings ava...
Shinjuku Gyoen
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Expansive national garden in central Tokyo blending Japanese, French, and English landscape styles.
Ama no Iwato Shrine
Cave Where the Sun Goddess Hid
Sacred shrine marking the cave where the sun goddess Amaterasu hid, plunging the world into darkn...
Glover Garden
A hillside open-air museum featuring Western-style residences from Japan's Meiji-era foreign sett...
Hagi
A well-preserved Edo-era castle town on the Sea of Japan coast that produced many leaders of the ...
Hitoyoshi
Hidden Mountain Town of Samurai Heritage and Shochu
Remote mountain town known as the Little Kyoto of Kyushu, famous for its samurai heritage, ball s...
Huis Ten Bosch
Huis Ten Bosch - Japan's Dutch Kingdom Theme Park
Japan's largest theme park recreating a Dutch town with canals, windmills, flower gardens, and se...
Ishite-ji
Shikoku's Most Visited Pilgrimage Temple
Temple #51 of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage and the most visited temple on the entire route, l...
Kumano Kodo Iseji Route
Walking the ancient Iseji pilgrimage route connects you to over a thousand years of spiritual jou...
Mikimoto Pearl Island
Island Where Cultured Pearls Were First Produced
A small island in Toba Bay where Kokichi Mikimoto first produced a cultured pearl in 1893, now a ...
Oga Peninsula
The Oga Peninsula juts dramatically into the Sea of Japan, famous as the home of the Namahage, fe...
Shodoshima
Shodoshima - Japan's Mediterranean Olive Island
The 'Olive Island' of the Seto Inland Sea, known for olive groves, centuries-old soy sauce brewer...
Tomogashima
The 'Castle in the Sky' Island of Jungle-Swallowed WWII Fort Ruins
A cluster of uninhabited islands in the Kitan Strait off Wakayama, where overgrown Meiji-era gun ...
Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle
The highest original castle in Japan at 430 meters elevation, a mountaintop fortress often shroud...