Kimpusen-ji
Yoshino's Zao-do Hall and the Blue Zao Gongen, Shown Only in Spring and Autumn
The head temple of Kimpusen Shugen Honshu, a Shugendo school, halfway up Mount Yoshino. Its main ...
Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji Temple
A climbing shopping street leads to Kiyoshikojin, where Buddhist worship meets devotion to the gu...
Kudaka Island
Kudaka Island: Ryukyu's 'Island of the Gods', 15 Minutes by Boat
A small, flat island about 8 km around off the south-east coast of Okinawa Island, revered since ...
Kuju Mountains
Kyushu's Highest Mainland Peak, Pink With Azaleas in Early Summer
A cluster of volcanic peaks on the Oita highlands whose top, Nakadake at 1,791 meters, is the hig...
Kushiro Shitsugen National Park
Japan's Largest Wetland, Seen from the Hosooka Lookout at Sunset
About 22,000 hectares of reed and sedge marsh north of Kushiro, Japan's largest wetland and a nat...
Lake Motosuko
The Clear Western Lake Whose View of Fuji Is on the 1,000-Yen Note
The westernmost and deepest of the Fuji Five Lakes; the local tourism association calls its water...
Lake Yamanakako
The Highest and Largest of the Fuji Five Lakes, Where the Winter Sun Sets on the Summit
The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes and, at about 980 metres, the highest, on the east side of Mou...
Michi-no-Eki Hiraizumi
An early breakfast before the temples of Hiraizumi
A roadside station on Route 4 in Hiraizumi, open every day. Its restaurant starts serving breakfa...
Michi-no-Eki Kamae
Yellowtail and dried fish at Oita's southern tip
A fishing-port station on Route 388 in Kamae, at the southern tip of Oita next to the Miyazaki bo...
Michi-no-Eki Kasama
Kasama chestnuts and pottery town gateway
Opened in 2021 on Route 355, about 2 km from Tomobe IC, as the gateway to Kasama. Chestnuts are t...
Michi-no-Eki Kurukuru Naruto
Naruto Kintoki sweet potatoes on Route 11
A large food-focused roadside station on Route 11, a few minutes from the Naruto interchange. Com...
Michi-no-Eki Ogawamachi
Handmade washi and organic farm food in Ogawa
A Route 254 roadside station built around the Saitama Traditional Crafts Hall, reopened in May 20...
Michi-no-Eki Sagae Cherry Land
Cherry everything on the Route 112 riverbank
A big riverside station in Sagae, the heart of Yamagata's cherry country, on the Route 112 road t...
Mount Katsuragi
A Ropeway Up to the Azalea Slopes of Mount Katsuragi, Above Gose
A 959 m mountain on the Nara-Osaka border above Gose, with a wide grassy summit plateau that turn...
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...