Akashi Castle Ruins
Two surviving three-story turrets stand above massive walls just north of Akashi Station. The cas...
Amarube Viaduct Sora no Eki
A Station in the Sky on What Is Left of the Old Amarube Iron Bridge
Three steel piers of the 1912 Amarube iron bridge still stand beside its 2010 concrete replacemen...
Fukuyama Castle
Immediately above Fukuyama’s shinkansen station, a reconstructed keep joins surviving gates and t...
Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Shabani the Gorilla, Koalas and a 1937 Glasshouse in East Nagoya
Nagoya's big zoo and botanical garden on a hill in Chikusa Ward: Shabani the western lowland gori...
Himeyuri Peace Museum
The Student Nurses of 1945 in Their Own Words
A museum beside the Himeyuri Monument in Itoman, founded in 1989 by the alumni association of the...
Hotakadake
Hotakadake: Japan's Third-Highest Peak, Two Days from Kamikochi
A horseshoe of rock peaks around the Karasawa cirque, topped by Okuhotaka at 3,190 m, the highest...
Kawasaki Daishi
The Bad-Luck Temple Where Candy Makers Chop to a Drumbeat
Heiken-ji, founded in 1128 and known as Kawasaki Daishi, is a head temple of Chisan Shingon Buddh...
Kinugawa Onsen
A Riverside Hotel Town Two Hours From Asakusa, With a Boat Down the Gorge and a Free Footbath at the Station
A long line of big hotels on both banks of the Kinu River gorge, about two hours from Asakusa on ...
Michi-no-Eki Galleria Kameoka
Kameoka produce beside a community learning center
Galleria Kameoka combines a roadside station with a public learning and events facility on Route ...
Michi-no-Eki Harazuru
Fuyu persimmons at the gate to Harazuru Onsen
A farm market on Route 386 at the entrance to Harazuru Onsen, five minutes from Haki IC. Asakura ...
Michi-no-Eki Hota Shogakko
School lunch and a night in a former classroom
Kyonan’s town primary school closed in 2014 and reopened in 2015 as a roadside station. The gym i...
Michi-no-Eki Kashima
Ariake Sea mudflats on Route 207
Saga's first registered roadside station sits right on the Ariake Sea. At low tide the bay drains...
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 Noto Chirihama
Noto produce at the start of the beach driveway
A roadside station by Chirihama IC, where cars turn off for the Chirihama Nagisa Driveway along t...
Michi-no-Eki Senmaida Pocket Park
The Shiroyone Senmaida terraces, open on weekends
The roadside station above the Shiroyone Senmaida rice terraces on Route 249. Damaged in the 2024...