LaLaport EXPOCITY
Japan's Largest Shopping and Entertainment Complex Next to Expo Park
Japan's largest entertainment complex, combining over 300 shops with NIFREL aquarium, Japan's tal...
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Railway Museum
The Railway Museum
You get in through an automatic ticket gate, exactly like a station, which is the first joke and ...
Okishima
Okishima, Japan's Only Inhabited Lake Island
A small fishing island in Lake Biwa with no cars, narrow alleys, old shrines, and around 250 resi...
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To-ji
Japan's Tallest Wooden Pagoda and Ancient Capital Landmark
A World Heritage Site founded in 796, home to Japan's tallest wooden pagoda at 55 meters and a be...
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Otaru Canal
Romantic Gaslit Canal in a Historic Port Town
A canal lined with stone warehouses and gas lamps in the old port town of Otaru.
Togetsukyo Bridge
Wooden Bridge Over the Katsura River
A bridge has crossed here since 836, when a monk of Horin-ji built the first one a little upstrea...
Hoshida Myoken-gu Shrine
North Star Shrine and the Star-Fall Legend
Hoshida Myoken-gu, also called Komatsu Shrine, is a hillside shrine in Katano, Osaka, counted amo...
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Shuzenji
Historic Hot Spring Town on Izu Peninsula
One of the oldest hot spring towns on the Izu Peninsula, featuring a scenic bamboo grove, histori...
Oasis 21
The Spaceship-Aqua Glass Water Roof in Central Nagoya
A landmark complex in Sakae crowned by Spaceship-Aqua: a giant oval glass roof topped with a shal...
Osaka Museum of Housing and Living
Walk Through a Full-Scale Edo-Period Osaka Townscape
A full-scale, walk-through reconstruction of a 19th-century Osaka townscape on the 9th floor, com...
Sumaura Sanjo Yuen Park
Retro Ropeway and Sea Views Above Suma, Kobe
A nostalgic hilltop park above Suma reached by ropeway, a quirky 1966 'Karreta' inclined people-m...
Atsuta Shrine
One of Japan's Holiest Shrines Housing a Sacred Imperial Treasure
One of Japan's most important Shinto shrines, believed to house the sacred sword Kusanagi-no-Tsur...
Kiyomizu-dera
Pure Water Temple
A hillside temple where a vast wooden stage, supported by 139 pillars without a single nail, offe...
Fuji-Q Highland
A thrilling amusement park at the base of Mt. Fuji known for record-breaking roller coasters and ...
Byodo-in
Byodo-in Temple
A UNESCO World Heritage temple famous for its Phoenix Hall, depicted on the Japanese 10-yen coin.