Yayoi Kusama Museum
Kusama's Own Five-Floor Museum, Timed Tickets Only
The museum Yayoi Kusama founded in 2017 in a quiet corner of Shinjuku, showing her work in two ex...
Chogosonshi-ji
The Tiger Temple of Mount Shigi, Home Ground of Bishamonten and the Shigisan Engi Scrolls
A sprawling temple on Mount Shigi in Heguri, given over to Bishamonten and to tigers: legend says...
Kamuiwakka Hot Falls
Kamuiwakka Hot Falls: Wading Up a Warm, Acidic River in Shiretoko
A river in Shiretoko National Park that runs warm because hot spring water from Mount Io feeds it...
Kyozuan Arashiyama
Tofu soft serve the shop says won't fall out upside-down
A small takeaway tofu-sweets counter at the start of the path to Arashiyama's bamboo grove, about...
Yamato Museum (Kure Maritime Museum)
A 26-Meter Battleship Model, Back on Show in Kure Since April 2026
Kure's naval and shipbuilding history museum, built around a 26.3-meter, one-tenth scale model of...
Kongobu-ji
Head Temple of Koyasan and Shingon Buddhism
The administrative head temple of the Koyasan Shingon school, known for its sweeping tiled roof, ...
Korekawa Site
Lacquered Jomon Combs and the Gassho Dogu: Hachinohe's Korekawa Site and the Museum Beside It
A Jomon site in the southern hills of Hachinohe, Aomori, where a waterlogged ritual deposit prese...
Nijigen no Mori
Anime Theme Park in Awaji Island Park
An anime and manga theme park set in the forests of Awaji Island Park, with life-size attractions...
Sanrio Character Park Harmonyland
Hello Kitty and Sanrio Theme Park in the Oita Hills
An open-air Sanrio theme park in the hills near Beppu, home to Hello Kitty, My Melody and Cinnamo...
Edo-Tokyo Museum
A Life-Size Nihonbashi Bridge Inside a Museum on Four Legs, Reopened in 2026
Tokyo's history museum next to the Ryogoku sumo hall, back open since March 31, 2026 after a reno...
Honno-ji
The Temple Where Nobunaga Died, Rebuilt Ten Years Later Across Town
The Nichiren-school temple linked to Oda Nobunaga's death in 1582, rebuilt on Teramachi-dori in 1...
Nokonoshima Island Park
Seasonal Flower Park on a Hakata Bay Island
A flower park on Nokonoshima Island in Hakata Bay, with fields of seasonal flowers overlooking th...
Shokoku-ji
Kinkaku-ji's Head Temple, With a Crying Dragon and Jakuchu Paintings
The head temple of Kinkaku-ji and Ginkaku-ji, just north of the Imperial Palace, with Japan's old...
Gotoku-ji
The Setagaya Temple Where the Beckoning Cat Got Its Start
The Ii family's Edo temple in Setagaya, where shelves of white beckoning cats surround the Shofuk...
Miraikan
A 6-Meter Glowing Globe and Science in Progress in Odaiba
Japan's national museum of current science, opened in Odaiba in 2001 and known for Geo-Cosmos, a ...