Michi-no-Eki Ryuhyo Kaido Abashiri
The drift-ice boat pier at the Abashiri River mouth
A harborside station at the mouth of the Abashiri River that doubles as the boarding point for th...
Michi-no-Eki Woody Keihoku
Woodcraft and local food on the Shuzan road
In Shuzan, north of central Kyoto, Woody Keihoku connects a farm shop and restaurant with the sur...
Mount Ibuki
Shiga's Highest Peak, Now Climbed Only From the Toll Road's End
At 1,377 meters, Mount Ibuki is the highest peak in Shiga, known for the wildflower meadows on it...
Okazaki Castle
The Castle Where Tokugawa Ieyasu Was Born, Rebuilt in 1959
Tokugawa Ieyasu, the man who founded the Tokugawa shogunate, was born in this castle. The concret...
Shayokan (Dazai Osamu Memorial Museum)
Dazai Osamu's Birthplace, the Big Hiba House His Father Built in 1907
The house in Kanagi where the novelist Dazai Osamu was born in 1909, built two years earlier by h...
Showa Kinen Park
180 Hectares of Flower Fields on a Former Air Base in Tachikawa
A 180-hectare national park built on the site of the former US Tachikawa air base, with seasonal ...
Shukkei-en
A 1620 Daimyo Garden, Rebuilt After 1945 Around the Same Pond
A strolling garden begun in 1620 for the Asano lords of Hiroshima, laid out around a central pond...
Sunpu Castle Park
In central Shizuoka, moats and reconstructed gates outline the castle where Tokugawa Ieyasu spent...
Tachibana-dera
The Temple That Marks the Traditional Birthplace of Prince Shotoku, with a Two-Faced Stone and an Old Pagoda Base
A Tendai temple on the spot where, by tradition, Prince Shotoku was born. The Asuka-period temple...
Takegawara Onsen
Beppu's 1938 Public Bathhouse, Where Staff Bury You in Hot Sand
A city-run bathhouse a 10-minute walk from Beppu Station, in a 1938 wooden building with a curved...
Tsukishima
Monja on Reclaimed Land: About 50 Griddle Shops Off One Street
A Meiji-era island of reclaimed land at the mouth of the Sumida River whose main shopping street,...
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
Four aquariums and a coaster that runs out over the sea
A man-made island in southern Yokohama with four aquariums and a seaside ride area. Walking onto ...
Doai Station
Doai Station: 462 Steps Up from a Platform Inside a Mountain Tunnel
An unstaffed JR Joetsu Line station whose down-line platform sits inside the Shin-Shimizu Tunnel,...
Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory
A museum in Hokuei about Detective Conan creator Gosho Aoyama, with displays and interactive exhi...
Hama-rikyu Gardens
A Seawater Pond and a Teahouse Below the Shiodome Towers
A former shogunal villa on Tokyo Bay whose main pond still fills and drains with the tide, the on...