Sumoto Castle Ruins
Hilltop Castle Ruins with Panoramic Views of the Seto Inland Sea
A hilltop castle ruin on Awaji Island with Japan's oldest remaining concrete-built tenshu replica...
Nagoya Castle
Castle with golden shachi roof ornaments and a faithfully reconstructed Honmaru Palace.
Zenigahama
Zenigahama Beach, Daikoku's Footprints and the Tide-Spouting Rock
A rocky cove on the Echizen Coast with a free pebble swimming beach beside the Kochomon sea arch,...
Miho Museum
I. M. Pei-Designed Museum Hidden in the Shigaraki Mountains
A mountain museum near Shigaraki designed by I. M. Pei, reached through a tunnel and suspension b...
Gotanjoji Temple
Gotanjoji Temple: Echizen's Cat Temple
A working Soto Zen training temple in the hills of Echizen City that became famous as the cat tem...
Konze Tenma no Mori
Hilltop forest park with Lake Biwa views, beside the Konze roadside station
A green hilltop forest park on the slopes of Konze-yama in Ritto, next to the Michi-no-Eki Konze ...
Heisenji Hakusan Shrine
Heisenji Hakusan Shrine - Japan's Most Beautiful Moss Garden
A serene moss-covered shrine on the ruins of one of medieval Japan's largest temple cities, famou...
Michi-no-Eki Konze no Sato Ritto
Roadside Station and Local Market in the Konze Hills
A roadside station in the Konze hills of Ritto, with a farm shop of local Shiga produce and speci...
Tsunami Memorial Museum and Michi-no-Eki Takata Matsubara
Free tsunami-memorial museum and roadside station in Rikuzentakata
A combined roadside station and free memorial museum in the Takata Matsubara Tsunami Reconstructi...
Fukui Kodomo Kazokukan
Fukui Kodomo Kazokukan Children's Center
A large indoor play-and-learning center for children at the Umin-pia Ohi seaside complex on the W...
Taro Kanko Hotel Tsunami Ruins
A tsunami-ruined hotel preserved as disaster heritage in Taro, Miyako
A six-story hotel on the Taro coast of Miyako, gutted to the fourth floor by the 2011 tsunami and...
Miracle Lone Pine
The lone pine that survived the 2011 tsunami, kept as a monument
The single pine that survived the 2011 tsunami among Takata Matsubara's roughly 70,000 trees, pre...
Jinrui Mina Menrui Tsukemen
Tsukemen from Osaka's Jinrui Mina Menrui
The original shop stopped serving tsukemen, so this is where to get it. The dipping broth arrives...
Nichinan Coast
Scenic Coastline with Devil's Washboard Rock Formations
The Nichinan Coast stretches over 100 kilometers along Miyazaki's Pacific shore, famous for its d...
Abeno Harukas
Western Japan's Tallest Building with 360-Degree Views
A 300-meter skyscraper featuring the Harukas 300 observation deck, a department store, art museum...