Okadera
Asuka's Hillside Temple for Warding Off Bad Luck, with Japan's Largest Clay Buddha
A temple on the slope of Mount Oka in Asuka, formally Ryugai-ji, that calls itself Japan's first ...
Yamato-Koriyama Goldfish Town
Yamato-Koriyama's Goldfish Town: Tanks Along the Shopping Street, a Free Goldfish Museum and the Dyers' Canal Street
The old castle town below Koriyama Castle has bred goldfish for about 300 years and still has aro...
Mount Sanjogatake
Sanjogatake and Ominesan-ji: the Shugendo Summit Closed to Women, Open 3 May to 23 September
The 1,719 m main peak of the northern Omine range, where Shugendo traces its beginning, with the ...
Odaigahara
A Rain-Soaked Plateau at 1,600 Meters, Reached by One Bus a Day
A high plateau on the Nara and Mie border with some of the heaviest rainfall in Japan, a 1,695-me...
Tenkawa Daibenzaiten Shrine
A Benzaiten Shrine for Performers in the Omine Valleys, Where Noh Is Still Staged
A shrine to Benzaiten, goddess of water, eloquence and the performing arts, in the village of Ten...