Michi-no-Eki Yamba Furusatokan
A footbath beside the new bridges of Yamba Dam
A stop on the Route 145 Yamba bypass at the foot of Fudo Ohashi, one of the bridges built for Yam...
Miyake-jima
Walk Past a School Buried by Lava on a Still-Active Volcano Island
A round volcanic island about 180 km off Honshu whose 2000 eruption and the gas that followed emp...
Nagaoka Tenmangu Shrine
Crimson Kirishima azaleas line the pond crossing at Nagaoka Tenmangu, a shrine associated with sc...
Naruko Onsen
Kokeshi Dolls, a 300-Yen Sulfur Bath by the Shrine, and a Gorge That Fills Up in Autumn
A hot spring town in the hills of northwest Miyagi, about 45 minutes from Furukawa on the JR Riku...
Narusawa Ice Cave
Steep Stairs Down to Year-Round Ice Under the Aokigahara Forest
A lava tube formed in the 864 eruption on Fuji's north side, kept at about 3°C so ice lasts all y...
Nezu Shrine
Seven Edo-Era Buildings, 3,000 Azaleas and a Tunnel of Red Torii
A gongen-style shrine finished in 1706 whose seven main structures are all Important Cultural Pro...
Nishimikawa Placer Gold Mine
Nishimikawa, the Gold Field Sado City Calls the Island's Oldest: Red Hillsides Washed Away for Gold and the Farming Hamlet of Sasagawa
The placer gold field around the hamlet of Sasagawa in south-west Sado, which Sado City calls the...
Okushiri Island
A Sea Urchin Island Rebuilt After the 1993 Tsunami
An island 84 km around, 61 km off Esashi in the Sea of Japan, known for sea urchin, clear water a...
Osaka Cathedral (St. Mary's, Tamatsukuri)
Osaka's Catholic Cathedral, With Hosokawa Gracia and Takayama Ukon at the Door
The cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu, built in 1963 on ground linked to t...
Soji-ji
A 164-Meter Corridor Wiped by Hand, Five Minutes from Tsurumi
One of the two head temples of Soto Zen, founded in 1321 on the Noto Peninsula and moved to Tsuru...
Takamatsu Castle
Takamatsu’s waterfront castle survives as Tamamo Park, where seawater fills the moats beside orig...
Yagiyama Benyland
Sendai's hilltop amusement park, a subway ride from downtown
Tohoku's long-running city amusement park, open since 1968 on Yagiyama hill next to the zoo. Arou...
Hagi Castle Ruins
At the foot of Mount Shizuki beside Kikugahama Beach, Hagi’s moats and stone walls mark the forme...
Hamamatsu Castle
Tokugawa Ieyasu’s early career gives Hamamatsu Castle its historical focus. A reconstructed keep ...
Ino Tadataka Museum
A museum in Sawara tracing the surveying journeys and mapmaking of Ino Tadataka through maps, ins...