Ujigami Shrine
Japan's Oldest Shrine Building, in Kyoto Prefecture's Words, Across the River from Byodo-in
A small, free shrine on the east bank of the Uji River whose main hall Kyoto Prefecture lists as ...
Urakami Cathedral
The Cathedral Rebuilt 500 Meters from Nagasaki's Atomic Bomb Hypocenter
Nagasaki's Catholic cathedral, rebuilt in 1959 after the atomic bomb brought down the old brick c...
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
Four aquariums and a coaster that runs out over the sea
A man-made island in southern Yokohama with four aquariums and a seaside ride area. Walking onto ...
Yoshiminedera Temple
Yoshiminedera spreads across Kyoto’s western hills, with terraced temple paths, wide city views a...
Amarube Viaduct Sora no Eki
A Station in the Sky on What Is Left of the Old Amarube Iron Bridge
Three steel piers of the 1912 Amarube iron bridge still stand beside its 2010 concrete replacemen...
Hirado St. Francis Xavier Memorial Church
A Green Gothic Church Rising Above the Temple Roofs of Hirado
A pale green Gothic church built in 1931 on a hill above Hirado's old town, known as the Xavier M...
Hotokegaura
White-Green Tuff Cliffs You Reach by Boat or 100 Metres of Stairs
About two kilometres of white and pale green tuff spires on the far west coast of the Shimokita P...
Ikeda Castle Ruins Park
A landscaped hilltop park marks the former stronghold of the Ikeda clan, with a Japanese garden a...
Karatsu Castle
A hill above Karatsu Bay carries a modern castle tower with broad sea and town views. The histori...
Kawazu Nanadaru Loop Bridge
A Road That Turns Two Full Circles to Climb 45 Meters, Inland from Kawazu
A road bridge on Route 414 that turns two full circles, each about 80 meters across, to climb 45 ...
Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji Temple
A climbing shopping street leads to Kiyoshikojin, where Buddhist worship meets devotion to the gu...
Korekawa Site
Lacquered Jomon Combs and the Gassho Dogu: Hachinohe's Korekawa Site and the Museum Beside It
A Jomon site in the southern hills of Hachinohe, Aomori, where a waterlogged ritual deposit prese...
Matsue Vogel Park
Begonias, owls and a penguin walk under glass by Lake Shinji
A flower and bird park on the north shore of Lake Shinji, built around a heated greenhouse of abo...
Michi-no-Eki Fujikawa Rakuza
Mount Fuji views and a planetarium above the Tomei
A roadside station joined to the Tokyo-bound Fujikawa service area of the Tomei Expressway. On a ...
Michi-no-Eki Fureai Park Kita-no-Sato
Kitakata ramen and a hot bath on the road to Yonezawa
A station on Route 121 just north of Kitakata, where the restaurant makes its ramen with flour fr...