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しまなみ海道
Oyamazumi shrine

One in 10,000 shrines in Japan has a branch shrine. In the center of the temple grounds there is a large 2,600 year-old camphor tree, regarded as a holy tree.

Area
しまなみ海道 and Hiroshima
Activities
観光 and 神社仏閣
Hokkaido
Tree of Ken and Mary

Standing straight and tall towards the sky is this poplar tree. It measures 31 meters tall, and because there are no other tall trees it clearly stands out from a long distance.   The tree became famous when it was introduced as part of a 1972 commercial for Nissan’s Skyline sports car. In the ad was […]

Area
Hokkaido and Biei
Activities
観光, 自然, and 景色
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
Hokkaido
Kottaro Marsh Observatory

This observatory is located at the northeastern edge of Kushiro Marsh on a small hill. Compared to other observatories in Kushiro Marsh, the view from this observatory is “inferior”. However, if you are lucky, you can see beautiful Japanese cranes. The nearby road is a narrow gravel road, so be careful when driving.

Area
Hokkaido and Kushiro
Activities
観光 and 峠 / 展望台
ひがし茶屋街
志摩

1820年に建てられた格式の高いお茶屋で、建設当時の姿のままに残っている貴重な存在であるため、日本の重要文化財に指定されている。 お茶屋特有の繊細で優美な造りとなっており、旦那衆が遊びを楽しんだ座敷、四季折々の表情を見せる坪庭などが公開されている。 1階奥の茶室「寒村庵」では、庭を見ながら抹茶(※季節の生菓子付き700円、干菓子付き500円)を楽しむことが出来る。 ※200円の違いなので、生菓子を頼んだほうが良い。 撮影はスマートフォンでのみ可能。

Area
ひがし茶屋街 and Ishikawa
Activities
体験, 観光, and 史跡
Amami Oshima
Sakibaru Beach

This beach is called the most beautiful beach on Amami Oshima. Located at the tip of a cape jutting out into Kasari Bay, the beach is quiet with few tourists, making it seem like a private beach. Pass through the rows of sandalwood trees along the shore, and you will be struck by the beautiful […]

Area
Amami Oshima and Kagoshima
Activities
観光 and ビーチ
Amami Oshima
Mt. Yui Observatory

The observatory is about 2 km up from Kochiyama Observation Deck. The two observatories are close to each other, so it may be a good idea to visit them together, but the view from Yuidake Observatory is not great at all. In fact, the view along the road about 150 m before the observatory is […]

Area
Amami Oshima and Kagoshima
Activities
観光, 峠 / 展望台, and 景色
Hokkaido
Shikisai no Oka

Located atop a high hill, the garden is one of the must visit spots in Biei with a spectacular view. Enjoy in season flowers from spring to autumn. The garden takes up over 150,000 sq. m. of land and has roughly 30 kinds of flowers planted in stripes of red, yellow, pink, and white, so […]

Area
Hokkaido and Biei
Activities
観光, 自然, 観光施設, 庭園, and 景色
Hokkaido
Otaru Canal

The canal – completed in 1923 – spans 1,140 meters in length and a sightseeing highlight. Along the canal, a promenade and stone brick warehouses stand seeming nostalgic. Once dusk settles in, a romantic fairy-tale-like scene emerges as the promenade and brick warehouses come to life from the warm glow of gas lamps. Nowadays, the […]

Area
Hokkaido and Otaru
Activities
観光船, 観光, 湖 / 川/ 滝, and 景色
Hokkaido
Seven Stars Tree

On the northern side of Highway 237 stands a single Japanese oak tree in the middle of the rolling hills. The tree suddenly earned fame in 1976 as the world’s 4th largest tobacco manufacturer, JT, used the tree as the package image of their Seven Stars cigarette brand. That’s pretty much all there is to […]

Area
Hokkaido and Biei
Activities
観光, 自然, and 景色
Hokkaido
Akan International Crane Center

Area
Hokkaido and Kushiro
Activities
自然, 公園, and 観光
Tokyo
Rikugien Garden

Rikugien is one of the most famous Japanese gardens in Tokyo and is designated as a Special Place of Scenic Beauty by the government. See below for details. Rikugien is one of the most famous Japanese gardens in Tokyo.

Area
Tokyo and Yanesen
Activities
観光 and 庭園
Gokayama
Suganuma gassho-zukuri village

Surrounded by steep mountains and the Shogawa River, it is a small village measuring approximately 230 meters from north to south and 240 meters from east to west, with nine gassho-zukuri houses remaining. Of these, two were built at the end of the Edo period (1603-1868), and seven were built after the Meiji period (1868-1912).

Area
Gokayama and Toyama
Activities
観光, 史跡, and 世界遺産
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
湖 / 川/ 滝, 景色, 観光, and 自然
Hokkaido
Hakodate St. John’s Church

An Anglican Church built in 1874. The church had burned down several times due to fire; the current church you see now was built in 1979. What’s interesting is from wherever you look you see a cross.

Area
Hokkaido and Hakodate
Activities
神社仏閣 and 観光
Hokkaido
Asahiyama Zoo

It is one of the most popular zoos in Japan, with approximately 1.4 million annual visitors. Encompassing the 152,000m2 zoo are over 110 species of 650 different kinds of animals, but there aren’t any “superstar” or rare animals like pandas (although there are red pandas here). And while there are animals from Hokkaido, there is […]

Area
Hokkaido and Asahikawa
Activities
観光 and 動物園
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
しまなみ海道
Onomichi Ekimae Tosen

Area
しまなみ海道, Onomichi, and Hiroshima
Activities
交通 and 船 / フェリー
Miyajima
Yakatabune: Miyajima Sanpaiyuransen

The other type is a houseboat or yakatabune. It is a night-only cruise that cruises off shore of Itsukushima Shrine. Pass under the fantastic Otorii, which is illuminated by lights, while enjoying a close-up view of the shrine (depending on the tide conditions.) The boat departs from Miyajima No. 3 pier, and the ride is […]

Area
Miyajima, Hiroshima City Central Area, and Hiroshima
Activities
観光 and 観光船
Nishichayagai
にし茶屋街

Area
Nishichayagai and Ishikawa
Activities
グルメ, 観光, and 史跡
Hokkaido
Seseki Hot Spring

This is an open-air bath with a wild atmosphere springs up on the edge of the waves on the beach and can only be bathed at low tide. *At high tide, the bathtub sinks into the sea. Soaking in the bathtub made of rocks will make you feel as if you are one with the […]

Area
Hokkaido and Shiretoko
Activities
観光 and 温泉
Miyajima
Misen Summit/Observation Deck

From the 3-story observatory at the summit (535 m above sea level), visitors can enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view of the Seto Inland Sea, islands, and the Ōtorii Gate. The scenery is so spectacular that it has received the highest rating of 3 stars in the Michelin Green Guide. The summit of Mt. Misen is […]

Area
Miyajima and Hiroshima
Activities
世界遺産, 観光, 自然, and 景色
Hokkaido
Lake Mashu

Lake Mashu is a caldera lake formed by the accumulation of water in a depression created by a huge eruption about 7,000 years ago. The lake is the second clearest in the world (the first is Lake Baikal in Russia). The reason for the high transparency is that there are no rivers flowing in or […]

Area
Hokkaido and Lake Akan / Mashu / Kussharo
Activities
観光, 自然, and 湖 / 川/ 滝
ミナミ
Dotonbori Glico Sign

Major Japanese manufacturer Glico put up the sign in 1935. The version currently on display is the sixth rendition, remade in 2014. The sign’s happy-looking, smiling male athlete raising both hands and his left leg after scoring is considered symbolic of the city of Osaka itself. From 30 mins after sunset until midnight the sign […]

Area
ミナミ and 大阪府
Activities
観光, 公園, and 撮影スポット
ベイエリア(神戸)
CONCERTO: Journey through Kobe

Area
ベイエリア(神戸) and Hyogo
Activities
観光船 and 観光
Shirakawago
Gassho-zukuri Minkaen

This open-air museum consists of 25 disused gassho-zukuri houses that have been relocated from various locations in Shirakawa-go and are being preserved and opened to the public; 9 of the 25 houses have been designated as important cultural properties. The park contains a shrine, a water mill, a stable, and other buildings that recreate the […]

Area
Shirakawago and Gifu
Activities
観光, 博物館, and 史跡
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
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
Hokkaido
Niseko Grand Hotel

This onsen facility is highly recommended for womeen; said to beautify the skin. There are two types of spring water each containing ingredients that make the skin moist and silky smooth. The “moist” type cointains a large amount of metasilicic acid – a natural moisturizing ingredient – which is effective for beautiful skin. In fact, […]

Area
Hokkaido and Niseko
Activities
観光 and 温泉
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Children’s Peace Monument

The monument was built through charity from all over Japan in 1958 as a cenotaph for Ms. Sadako Sasaki, a girl who passed away at a young age of 12 years old due to leukemia, the after effect of the atomic bomb, and for the children who became victims of the atomic bomb. In the […]

Area
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima City Central Area, and Hiroshima
Activities
観光 and 史跡
Oyamazumi shrine

3327, Oomishima-cho Miyaura, Imabari-shi, Ehime

Area
,
Activities
神社仏閣
Tree of Ken and Mary

Okubo Kyosei, Biei, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
自然景色
Hakodate Magistrate’s Office

44 Goryōkakuchō, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaidō

Area
,
Activities
観光施設
Kottaro Marsh Observatory

Kotaro, Shibecha-cho, Kawakami-gun, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
峠 / 展望台
志摩

石川県金沢市東山1-13-21

Area
,
Activities
体験史跡
Sakibaru Beach

3622 Kase, Kasari-cho, Amami-shi, Kagoshima

Area
,
Activities
ビーチ
Mt. Yui Observatory

Agina, Setouchi-cho, Oshima-gun, Kagoshima

Area
,
Activities
峠 / 展望台景色
Shikisai no Oka

Shinsei Dai 3, Biei, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
自然観光施設庭園景色
Otaru Canal

Minatomachi, Otaru-shi, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
観光船湖 / 川/ 滝景色
Seven Stars Tree

Hokuei, Biei, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
自然景色
Akan International Crane Center

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

Area
,
Activities
自然公園
Rikugien Garden

6 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Area
,
Activities
庭園
Suganuma gassho-zukuri village

Suganuma, Nanto City, Toyama

Area
,
Activities
史跡世界遺産
Shirahige Waterfall

Shirogane Biei, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
湖 / 川/ 滝景色自然
Hakodate St. John’s Church

3-23 Motomachi, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
神社仏閣
Asahiyama Zoo

Kuranuma-11-18, Higashiasahikawachō, Asahikawa

Area
,
Activities
動物園
Abashiri Prison Museum

1-1 Yobito, Abashiri City, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
博物館
Onomichi Ekimae Tosen

9,Higashigosho-machi, Onomichi-shi, Hiroshima

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Activities
船 / フェリー
Yakatabune: Miyajima Sanpaiyuransen

Miyajima No.3 Pier, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima

Area
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Activities
観光船
にし茶屋街

石川県金沢市野町2

Area
,
Activities
史跡
Seseki Hot Spring

Seseki, Rausu-cho, Menashi-gun, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
温泉
Misen Summit/Observation Deck

Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima

Area
,
Activities
世界遺産自然景色
Lake Mashu

Genya, Teshikaga-cho, Kawakami-gun, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
自然湖 / 川/ 滝
Dotonbori Glico Sign

1-10-2 Dotonbori Chuo-ku ,Osaka

Area
,
Activities
公園撮影スポット
CONCERTO: Journey through Kobe

Ticket office:1-6-1 Higashi Kawaki-chou, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Area
,
Activities
観光船
Gassho-zukuri Minkaen

2499 Ogi-machi, Shirakawa Village, Ono-gun, Gifu

Area
,
Activities
博物館史跡
Abashiri Drift Ice Sightseeing & Icebreaker Ship – Aurora

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

Area
,
Activities
観光船
Hōkoku Shrine(Senjokaku)

1-1 Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima

Area
,
Activities
神社仏閣
Niseko Grand Hotel

412 Niseko, Niseko Town, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
温泉
Children’s Peace Monument

1 Nakajimacho, Nakaku Hiroshiamshi, Hiroshima Prefecture

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Activities
史跡