Michi-no-Eki Yoshiumi Ikiiki-kan
Grill your own seafood under the Kurushima bridges
At the southern tip of Oshima on the Shimanami Kaido, this station sits right under the Kurushima...
Michi-no-Eki Yuiyui Kunigami
Last stop for supplies before the Yanbaru forest
The only roadside station in Kunigami, the northernmost village on Okinawa Island, on Route 58 ne...
Mount Chokai
Dewa Fuji: 2,236 m From a 1,150 m Trailhead, With Snow Into July
A 2,236 m active volcano on the Akita and Yamagata border, about 16 km from the Sea of Japan and ...
Nagaoka Tenmangu Shrine
Crimson Kirishima azaleas line the pond crossing at Nagaoka Tenmangu, a shrine associated with sc...
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...
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...
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 ...
Seibuen Yuenchi
A 1960s Showa shopping street and a Godzilla ride in Tokorozawa
An old Seibu Railway amusement park that reopened in May 2021 as a full Showa-era set piece: a re...
Settsukyo Park
The Akutagawa River cuts through wooded hills north of Takatsuki, creating a gorge of rocky banks...
Sukayu Onsen
A 160-Mat Mixed Bath Where the Snow Once Reached 5.66 Meters
A single mountain inn at about 890 m in the Hakkoda range, known for the Hiba Sennin-buro, a pill...
Tenkawa Daibenzaiten Shrine
A Benzaiten Shrine for Performers in the Omine Valleys, Where Noh Is Still Staged
A shrine to Benzaiten, goddess of water, eloquence and the performing arts, in the village of Ten...
Tobu Zoo
White tigers and a wooden coaster in one Saitama park
A zoo and amusement park rolled into one, about an hour from Tokyo on the Tobu line: around 120 a...
Tottori Sand Museum
Large sand sculptures in an indoor gallery beside the Tottori dunes, with exhibitions rebuilt aro...
Yamanobe-no-michi
The Old Road Along the Foot of the Hills, 16 km from Tenri to Sakurai via Isonokami Shrine and Omiwa Shrine
A walking route along the western foot of the hills east of the Nara basin, often called Japan's ...
Yoronjima
Yoronjima: A White Sandbar That Shows Up Only at Low Tide
The southernmost island in Kagoshima Prefecture, about 23 km from the northern tip of Okinawa's m...