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Miyajima
Miyajima

Area
Miyajima and Hiroshima
Activities
観光, 自然, 神社仏閣, and 世界遺産
Hokkaido
Lavender East

The largest lavender field in Japan is operated by Farm Tomita, with approximately 90,000 lavender plants on a 140,000㎡ site. It is open to the public only in July. The view from the observation deck in the center of the grounds is splendid. The lavender fields spread out below you, and you can see the […]

Area
Hokkaido and Furano
Activities
自然 and 観光
Yanagawa
YANAGAWA TACHIBANA-TEI OHANA

The Tachibana Residence was built in 1738 by the fifth lord of the Yanagawa domain as his private residence. In 1910 during the Meiji period (1868-1912), a guest house and Japanese garden were built, and today the entire 23,100 m2 site is designated as a Place of Scenic Beauty in Japan.

Area
Yanagawa and Fukuoka
Activities
観光, 庭園, 宿泊施設, ホテル, and 伝統文化
神戸
Mt. Maya

Towering at a height of 700 meters, Kikuseidai, the observatory at the top of Mt. Maya offers one of the most magnificent night views in Japan. It is a mountain closer to the middle of Kobe, so you’ll be able to overlook the streets of Kobe and Osaka’s ocean horizons. When you get off at […]

Area
神戸 and Hyogo
Activities
観光, 峠 / 展望台, 景色, and 夜景
Toyosu
Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu

Formerly a shipbuilding dock, the multicomplex shopping area is a motif of 4 ships. Because it faces Tokyo Bay, presenting a beautiful view, visitors get a sense of openness or spaciousness. Over 180 shops are located inside including restaurants and cinema.

Area
Toyosu and Tokyo
Activities
グルメ, ショッピング, and 映画館
Amami Oshima
Gamozaki Kanko Park

The park is located on high ground 120 meters above sea level. It is about a 10-minute drive up a narrow, winding mountain road from Prefectural Road 602. After a short walk along the green-covered promenade from the parking lot, you will come to an observation deck, which opens up a panoramic view. The view […]

Area
Amami Oshima and Kagoshima
Activities
観光, 峠 / 展望台, and 景色
Hokkaido
Abashiri Prison Museum

The open-air history museum opened in 1983. Used as a prison for felons since 1880, the historical buildings of the Abashiri Prison were sequentially moved to the current location or newly reconstructed. Visitors can learn about prison life and the harsh labor of prisoners at that time, as well as the history of Hokkaido’s pioneering […]

Area
Hokkaido and Abashiri
Activities
観光 and 博物館
Hokkaido
Hakodate Magistrate’s Office

Located within Goryōkaku Park, the former Magistrate’s Office was restored completely in 2010. Recommended to those who are interested in history and Japanese architecture

Area
Hokkaido and Hakodate
Activities
観光 and 観光施設
大阪府
Nipponbashi ・ Ota Road

Originally centered on household electronics and parts, in recent years the downtown Nipponbashi area has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of otaku shops, much like Akihabara. On the side of Otaroad (“otaku road”) there is a large parking lot, where you can often find “itasha” cars decorated with pictures of cute anime girls. […]

Area
大阪府
Activities
商店街, 観光, 通り/街道, アニメ・漫画・サブカルチャー, and ショッピング
Hokkaido
Akan International Crane Center

Area
Hokkaido and Kushiro
Activities
観光, 自然, and 公園
Amami Oshima
Tomori Beach

It is the closest beach from Amami Airport and is one of the most beautiful beaches on Amami Oshima. The beautiful emerald green sea is very clear, and corals grow in colonies. The gradation of the white sandy beach and the green, deep blue ocean interweave and make for a beautiful and fantastic experience. The […]

Area
Amami Oshima and Kagoshima
Activities
観光 and ビーチ
Hokkaido
Lake Akan

Lake Akanko is a freshwater lake located in eastern Hokkaido with a circumference of 30 km and an area of 13㎢. The entire area is included in the Akan-Mashu National Park, which is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Hokkaido. The blue surface of the lake, the beautiful silhouette of Mt. Oakandake, Mt. […]

Area
Hokkaido, Kushiro, and Lake Akan / Mashu / Kussharo
Activities
観光, 自然, and 湖 / 川/ 滝
ミナミ
Osaka Ohsho Dotonbori Main Store Gyoza Dumplings

The store’s main dish, gyoza, was made into a model approximately 1,100 times its actual size and has remained there since 2012. The attention to detail makes the gyoza very realistic as if it has been cooked – so real that you might want to eat it! Size 4m tall, 3.5m wide

Area
ミナミ and 大阪府
Activities
観光 and 撮影スポット
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Memorial Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims

The monument was constructed by Kenzo Tange, a worldly famous architect, in hopes to reconstruct Hiroshima City, destroyed by the world’s first atomic bomb, into a City of Peace, Heiwa Toshi. The memorial cenotaph also reposes the souls of the dead from the atomic bomb, and in the stone chamber in the center is a […]

Area
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima City Central Area, and Hiroshima
Activities
観光 and 史跡
Odaiba
Statue of Liberty

Copying the shape and size of the statue of liberty in Paris, France, the replica in Odaiba is made out of bronze. It sits facing the waterfront at Aqua City Odaiba. The 11 meter tall, 9 ton statue is about one third the size of the Statue of Liberty in New York. For whatever reason […]

Area
Odaiba and Tokyo
Activities
観光 and 景色
Chiba
Nakayama Racecourse

Area
Chiba
Activities
キャンブル and 観光
Miyajima
Hōkoku Shrine(Senjokaku)

A huge temple with a normal tile roofing and an East Asian hip-and-gable roof. The interior is as large as 1,000 tatami mats, hence its other name Senjo-kaku— 1,000 mats palace—but actually there are only 857 tatami mats. It was built in 1587 as a sutra library by order of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (1537-1598), the top […]

Area
Miyajima and Hiroshima
Activities
観光 and 神社仏閣
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Atomic Bomb Dome

The architecture was originally constructed in 1915 as a promotion hall, Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall Hiroshimaken Sangyo Suishokan, but it almost entirely destroyed due to the explosion of the atomic bomb that took place 600 meters above sea level on August 6th 1945. (※The 30 some employees who were working inside the building at […]

Area
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima City Central Area, and Hiroshima
Activities
観光, 史跡, and 世界遺産
Amami Oshima
Amami Oshima Shuzo

It is located in the town of Tatsugo in northern area.

Area
Amami Oshima and Kagoshima
Activities
ショッピング, お土産, 観光, and 観光施設
Hiroshima City Central Area
Nagaregawa and Yagenbori

This is the area to go to enjoy the nightlife in Hiroshima. It is the greatest nightlife entertainment district in the Chugoku and Shikoku Region, where more than 3,000 establishments including restaurants, izakayas, bars, dance clubs, and adult-entertainment stores such as cabaret, gay bars, and soap lands are crowded together. Reading the above you might […]

Area
Hiroshima City Central Area and Hiroshima
Activities
ナイトライフ, 観光, and クラブ・ダンスホール
Hiroshima City Central Area
Wood Egg Okonomiyaki-kan

Wood Egg Okonomiyaki-kan is a facility with okonomiyaki as a theme, run by Otafuku Sauce Company, the No.1 okonomiyaki sauce producer. You can enjoy viewing the sauce factory and exhibiting the museum, as well as cooking okonomiyaki yourself. Reservation required

Area
Hiroshima City Central Area and Hiroshima
Activities
グルメ, 体験, 観光, 観光施設, and お好み焼き/たこ焼き
Hokkaido
Ice Breaker Garingo

Get up close and personal with the drift ice on this sightseeing boat from/to Monbetsu Port. The 1 hour cruise runs from mid-January to the end of March. Originally built for oil field development in Alaska, the Garingo II is a beautiful red-bodied icebreaker. The two special screws at the bow of the ship break […]

Area
Hokkaido and Abashiri
Activities
観光 and 観光船
Hokkaido
Shirahige Waterfall

The water gushing out and falling 30 meters comes from Mt. Tokachi’s underground water. If you want a great view of it all, head over to “Blue River Bridge”, the bridge standing over Biei River. In winter, the splashes of water and steam magically create silver frost on the trees, depicting a fantasy-like wonder. And, […]

Area
Hokkaido and Biei
Activities
観光, 自然, 湖 / 川/ 滝, and 景色
高山
宮川朝市

高山市街地を流れる宮川沿いの、鍛冶橋から弥生橋の間約350mにわたって30~40軒ほどの露店が毎朝営業している。 食べ歩きができる食べ物やスイーツなどを売っているのが良い。

Area
高山 and Gifu
Activities
観光 and 市場
Hokkaido
Abashiri Drift Ice Sightseeing & Icebreaker Ship – Aurora

Get up close and personal with this sightseeing cruise from Abashiri Port. The cruise lasts for about 1 hour and runs from the end of January to the beginning of April. All 491 tons of the ship break the ice blocks apart as it marvelously moves forward, and because of its large size there is […]

Area
Hokkaido and Abashiri
Activities
観光船 and 観光
Hokkaido
Sapporo Clock Tower

The clock tower was initially built in 1878 to serve as the military drill hall for Hokkaido University.

Area
Hokkaido and Sapporo
Activities
観光 and 観光施設
Mojiko
Old Moji Mitsui Club

The building was built in 1921 by MITSUI & CO., LTD, a major Japanese general trading company, as a social club for entertaining VIPs, and is designated as a National important cultural properties. In 1922, Dr. Einstein (1879-1955), that well-known physicist who was visiting Japan on a lecture tour, stayed there for about a week […]

Area
Mojiko and Fukuoka
Activities
観光, 観光施設, and 伝統文化
Hokkaido
Lake Akan Hot Springs

Due to the volcanic land, the area around Lake Akan gush with high quality hot springs; one hot spring town on the lake’s south shore has around 20 lodging facilities. Among them, roughly 10 of the lodges (like the 2 below) allow you to enjoy their hot spring for about ¥1500 without having to stay […]

Area
Hokkaido and Lake Akan / Mashu / Kussharo
Activities
観光 and 温泉
Shirakawago
Kanda Residence

The Kanda family, which split off from the Wada family, built this gassho-zukuri house around 1850. The four-story main house was built by a temple carpenter from Ishikawa Prefecture over a period of 10 years, and is a highly finished structure. The Kanda family once prospered through niter production and sericulture. The niter production area […]

Area
Shirakawago and Gifu
Activities
観光 and 史跡
Hokkaido
Mt. Hakodate

The view from Mt. Hakodate is simply magnificent; so much so that it received the highest accolade – 3 stars – from global travel guide book Michelin Green Guide Japan.

Area
Hokkaido and Hakodate
Activities
観光, 自然, and 峠 / 展望台
Miyajima

Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima

Area
,
Activities
自然神社仏閣世界遺産
Lavender East

Address: 16 go Higashi 6 Senkita, Kamifurano, Sorachi District, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
自然
YANAGAWA TACHIBANA-TEI OHANA

1 Shinhokamachi, Yanagawa City, Fukuoka

Area
,
Activities
庭園ホテル伝統文化
Mt. Maya

2-2 Mayasan-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Area
,
Activities
峠 / 展望台景色夜景
Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu

2-4-9 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo

Area
,
Activities
映画館
Gamozaki Kanko Park

1551 Yani, Kasari-cho, Amami-shi, Kagoshima

Area
,
Activities
峠 / 展望台景色
Abashiri Prison Museum

1-1 Yobito, Abashiri City, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
博物館
Hakodate Magistrate’s Office

44 Goryōkakuchō, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaidō

Area
,
Activities
観光施設
Akan International Crane Center

23 Sen-40 Kamiakan, Akan-cho, Kushiro City, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
自然公園
Tomori Beach

Ushuku, Kasari-cho, Amami-shi, Kagoshima

Area
,
Activities
ビーチ
Lake Akan

Lake Akan Onsen, Akan-cho, Kushiro City, Hokkaido

Area
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Activities
自然湖 / 川/ 滝
Statue of Liberty

1-4 Daiba, Minato-ku [Odaiba Kaihin Koen]

Area
,
Activities
景色
Nakayama Racecourse

1-1-1 Kosaku, Funabashi-shi Chiba

Area
Activities
キャンブル
Hōkoku Shrine(Senjokaku)

1-1 Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima

Area
,
Activities
神社仏閣
Amami Oshima Shuzo

1864-2, Ura, Oshimagun Tatsugocho, Kagoshima

Area
,
Activities
お土産観光施設
Nagaregawa and Yagenbori

Yagenbori / Nagarekawacho, Nakaku Hiroshimashi, Hiroshima

Area
,
Activities
ナイトライフクラブ・ダンスホール
Ice Breaker Garingo

1 Kaiyokoen, Monbetsu-shi, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
観光船
Shirahige Waterfall

Shirogane Biei, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
自然湖 / 川/ 滝景色
宮川朝市

岐阜県高山市下三之町宮川沿い

Area
,
Activities
市場
Abashiri Drift Ice Sightseeing & Icebreaker Ship – Aurora

4-5-1, Sanjo Higashi 4-chome, Abashiri City, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
観光船
Sapporo Clock Tower

2 Chome Kita 1 Jōnishi, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
観光施設
Old Moji Mitsui Club

7-1 Minatomachi, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka

Area
,
Activities
観光施設伝統文化
Lake Akan Hot Springs

Lake Akan Onsen, Akan-cho, Kushiro City, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
温泉
Kanda Residence

796 Ogi-machi, Shirakawa Village, Ono-gun, Gifu

Area
,
Activities
史跡
Mt. Hakodate

Mount Hakodate, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
自然峠 / 展望台