Mizuki Shigeru Road
A walk through Sakaiminato lined with bronze yokai from the manga of Mizuki Shigeru.
Mount Tanigawa
Ropeway to Tenjindaira, Then Three Hours Up the Tenjin Ridge
A 1,977-meter peak on the Gunma and Niigata border where more than 800 climbers have died since 1...
Nakayamadera Temple
A vivid blue five-story pagoda rises above Nakayamadera, a temple closely associated with prayers...
Nesta Resort Kobe
An outdoor adventure park in the hills of Miki
A hillside resort where the attractions are things you do yourself: ziplines, a giant rolling bal...
Sagamiko MORI MORI
Forest rides, climbing walls and six million winter lights
A hilltop forest park above Lake Sagami, run by Fujikyu and renamed from Pleasure Forest in July ...
Saidai-ji
Three Minutes from Yamato-Saidaiji Station, a Temple Where Tea Is Passed Round in a Giant Bowl
Once the western counterpart of Todai-ji, now a set of Edo-period halls three minutes from a busy...
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...
Tower of the Sun
Inside Taro Okamoto's Tower: 145 Steps Up a 41-Meter Tree of Life
Taro Okamoto's 70-meter tower from Expo '70, whose hollow interior reopened in March 2018 after n...
Abe Monju-in
Kaikei's 7-Metre Monju on a Lion, Abe no Seimei's Hall and a Cosmos Maze in Sakurai
A temple of the Abe clan south of Sakurai Station. The main hall holds a group of five National T...
Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall
The Yaotsu Museum of the Diplomat Who Wrote 2,139 Visas in 1940
A small cypress-built museum in the Hill of Humanity park in Yaotsu about Chiune Sugihara, the Ja...
Dorogawa Onsen
A Mountain Inn Town at the Foot of Omine, Where Pilgrims Still Set Out
A street of old wooden inns at about 820 meters in the Omine mountains, built to lodge pilgrims h...
Fukagawa Edo Museum
A Full-Size 1840s Fukagawa Street You Can Walk Into, for 400 Yen
A city museum that rebuilds a corner of Fukagawa Saga-cho as it looked in the Tenpo era (1830s to...
Iejima
Iejima: Climb the 172 m Tatchu Rock, 30 Minutes by Ferry from Motobu
A flat farming island off the Motobu Peninsula, 30 minutes by village ferry, with one steep rock ...
Kasama Inari Shrine
An Inari shrine at the heart of Kasama, with shrine buildings and a shopping approach known for i...