Kitsuki Castle Town
A Beautifully Preserved Samurai Town on a Peninsula
Kitsuki is a remarkably well-preserved castle town perched on a small peninsula between two river...
Tsuyama Castle
One of Japan's Top Cherry Blossom Castle Ruins
Impressive castle ruins famous for towering stone walls and over 1,000 cherry trees. One of Japan...
Fukuroda Falls
Fukuroda Falls is considered one of Japan's three great waterfalls, its 120 meters of cascading w...
Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace
The Shogunate's Cannon Foundry in Izu, Four Brick Chimneys Finished in 1857
Two pairs of furnaces under four brick chimneys about 15.7 m tall, built by the shogunate between...
Shimanto River
Called the 'last clear stream of Japan', the Shimanto River flows undammed for 196 kilometers thr...
Tairyuji Temple
Mountain Pilgrimage Temple Reached by a Long Ropeway
Temple 21 of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, set on a wooded mountain in Anan and usually reach...
Tatsukushi Coast
Eroded Rock Formations Near a Marine Park
A coastline near Cape Ashizuri in Tosashimizu, known for sandstone rock formations shaped by wave...
Yokohama Cosmoworld
Waterfront Amusement Park and the Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris Wheel
A compact urban amusement park in Minato Mirai built around the Cosmo Clock 21, a giant clock-fac...
Goshono Site
A Jomon Village With Earth-Roofed Pit Houses, Across a Covered Wooden Bridge in Ichinohe
The site of a Jomon village on a plateau above the Mabechi River in Ichinohe, northern Iwate, liv...
Inujima
An Art Island Built in a Ruined Copper Refinery
A tiny island in the Seto Inland Sea where a former copper refinery has been transformed into a s...
Kawachi Fujien
Private Wisteria Garden with Flower Tunnels
A privately owned wisteria garden in the hills of Kitakyushu, known for two long wisteria flower ...
Misumi West Port
A Meiji Harbour Left Almost as Built: 756 m of Stone Quay at the Mouth of Amakusa
A harbour designed by the Dutch engineer Rouwenhorst Mulder and opened in 1887, with a 756 m ston...
Utsukushigahara
Highland Plateau with an Open-Air Sculpture Museum
A highland plateau at about 2,000 metres straddling Matsumoto and Ueda, home to an open-air sculp...
Dewa Sanzan
Dewa Sanzan (Three Sacred Mountains)
The three sacred mountains of Dewa -- Haguro, Gassan, and Yudono -- have been a center for yamabu...
Shirahige Shrine
Ancient Shrine with a Torii Gate Standing in Lake Biwa
The head of the Shirahige shrines, known for a red torii gate that stands in the water of Lake Bi...