Karatsu Castle
A hill above Karatsu Bay carries a modern castle tower with broad sea and town views. The histori...
Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Jinja
The Cedar-Lined Shrine Where the Yoshida Trail up Mount Fuji Begins
The shrine at the foot of the Yoshida Trail, where Edo-period pilgrims purified themselves before...
Kodokan Mito Domain School
A former Mito domain school with surviving historic buildings and plum trees near Mito Station.
Kuroshima
A Ferry Island off Sasebo Where Hidden Christians Farmed an Old Horse Ranch, and a Brick Church from 1902
A small hilly island about 50 minutes by ferry from Ainoura in Sasebo, settled in the 19th centur...
Manda Pit
A Miike Coal Mine Shaft Tower and Brick Winding House on the Kumamoto-Fukuoka Border
A pit of the Mitsui Miike coal mine with its works still standing: an 18.8 m steel headframe from...
Matabei-zakura
A Weeping Cherry Said to Be 300 Years Old, on a Stone Wall in Rural Uda, for About Two Weeks a Year
A single weeping cherry in the hamlet of Hongo, Uda, said to be about 300 years old, 13 metres ta...
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 Kasaoka Bay Farm
Flower fields on reclaimed Kasaoka Bay
A farm market on the flat reclaimed land of Kasaoka Bay, next to fields planted for each season: ...
Michi-no-Eki Kawauso-no-Sato Susaki
Nabeyaki ramen where Japan's otter was last seen
A stop on Route 56 a minute from Susaki-nishi IC, near the mouth of the Shinjo River where the Ja...
Michi-no-Eki Kisakata Nemu-no-Oka
A sea-view bath and sunset on the Akita coast
A roadside station on Route 7 right on the Sea of Japan in Kisakata. A fourth-floor hot-spring ba...
Michi-no-Eki Kitagawa Hayuma
Chicken nanban at Miyazaki's northern gateway
Right at Kitagawa IC, where Route 10 meets the Higashi-Kyushu Expressway, this is the first stop ...
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 Nanairo Nanae
Apple sweets in the town where Japan first grew Western apples
A 2018 roadside station on Route 5 just north of Hakodate, about ten minutes by car from Shin-Hak...
Michi-no-Eki Narusawa
Highland vegetables with Mount Fuji behind the car park
On Route 139 at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, about ten minutes from Kawaguchiko IC. The farm ...
Michi-no-Eki Saijo Nonta-no-Sakagura
Sake from ten Higashihiroshima breweries under one roof
A sake-brewery-style station beside the Route 2 Saijo Bypass, opened in 2022. Its market stocks s...