Kijima Kogen Park
Japan's first wooden roller coaster, on a plateau above Beppu
A highland amusement park on the road from Beppu to Yufuin, best known for Jupiter, the wooden co...
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...
Kyoto Botanical Garden
Japan's Oldest Public Botanical Garden, Straight Off Kitayama Station
Opened in 1924 and billed as Japan's oldest public botanical garden: 24 hectares by the Kamo Rive...
Lagunasia
Bayside rides, summer pools and winter light shows in Gamagori
The ride park inside the Laguna Ten Bosch resort on Mikawa Bay. Mid-sized and family friendly, wi...
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...
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 Aizu Yugawa Aizubange
Aizu rice and vegetables in the middle of the basin
A farm market on Route 49 beside the Aga River, run jointly by Yugawa village and Aizubange town....
Michi-no-Eki Boyo Nakayama
Fried potatoes at the top of Nakayama Pass
The summit stop on Route 230 between Sapporo and Lake Toya or Niseko, named for its view of Mt. Y...
Michi-no-Eki Hagi Sea Mart
A fish market next to Hagi's harbor
A roadside station built as a public market beside Hagi's fishing port and fish auction. Fishmong...
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 Inakadate
Rice paddy art from a viewing tower near Hirosaki
A Route 102 bypass stop in the village that started Japan's rice paddy art. From the viewing towe...
Michi-no-Eki Jobon-no-Sato
A hot-spring bath on Route 45 outside Ishinomaki
A roadside station with its own hot-spring bath, a few minutes off the Sanriku Expressway at Kaho...
Michi-no-Eki Kasama
Kasama chestnuts and pottery town gateway
Opened in 2021 on Route 355, about 2 km from Tomobe IC, as the gateway to Kasama. Chestnuts are t...
Michi-no-Eki Kitaura Kaido Hohoku
Squid and sea views on the road to Tsunoshima
The closest roadside station to Tsunoshima Bridge, on Route 191 above Waku fishing port. Eat a se...
Michi-no-Eki Kokindenju-no-Sato Yamato
A courtyard of food stalls and a hot spring near Gujo
A few minutes from Gifu-Yamato IC on the road north to Shirotori and Shirakawa-go, this station w...