観光

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Ginza / Yurakucho
Kabuki-za

Originally built in 1889, this kabuki theater is the only theater in Japan made for Kabuki and was renovated in 2013. If you are unfamiliar with Kabuki then look it up on Wikipedia for better understanding. Built using Momoyama style architecture, the building is a majestic piece of work. The interior does not disappoint either, […]

Area
Ginza / Yurakucho and Tokyo
Activities
ホール・シアター and 観光
Akizuki
Kuromon (black gate)

Located on the approach to Suiyu Jinja (shrine), this gate is painted all black and can be called the symbol of Akizuki. It was built in the early Kamakura period (1185-1333) as the back gate of Koshosan Castle, the predecessor of Akizuki Castle, but in 1624, it was moved as the main gate of Akizuki […]

Area
Akizuki and Fukuoka
Activities
観光 and 史跡
ひがし茶屋街
懐華樓

1820年築の金沢で一番大きな茶屋建築物。 畳まで紅色で統一した座敷や、金箔で織られた畳の茶室、全面漆塗りの階段などが公開されており、襖絵などでは現代アート作家とのコラボレーションも行なっている。 1階には甘味を楽しめるカフェやオリジナル商品を販売するショップも併設されている。

Area
ひがし茶屋街 and Ishikawa
Activities
グルメ, 観光, 史跡, and 喫茶店/カフェ
Okunoshima
Kyukamura Okunoshima

Rental bicycles, day-trip onsen, lunch and staying overnight are all options.   Day-trip onsen (hot spring without accommodation) Mon-Fri open 11:30~16:30  close at 17:00 Sat, Sun, Holiday open 11:30~14:30 close at 15:00 Fee:adult ¥550,  Child ¥500   Rental bicycles Normal city bikes, childrens’ bikes and electric bikes available Fee:¥600~/2 hours   Lunch 11:30~13:00

Area
Okunoshima and Hiroshima
Activities
観光, 観光施設, 宿泊施設, and ホテル
Hokkaido
Hello Kitty Happy Flight

This mini theme park is about catching a flight with the cabin attendant Hello Kitty and together flying all over the world on the Kitty Jet, visiting the Sanrio characters in different countries along the way. There is a shop and cafe too.

Area
Hokkaido and New Chitose Airport
Activities
観光 and 博物館
ベイエリア(神戸)
Kobe Harborland

In this area,  you can enjoy gourmet food and shopping, with commercial facilities such as “Kobe Harborland Umie” and “Kobe Brick Warehouse”. It is a standard date spot for couples in Kobe.

Area
ベイエリア(神戸) and Hyogo
Activities
グルメ, ショッピング, and 観光
Dazaifu Tenmangu
Dazaifu Tenmangu (Shrine)

Area
Dazaifu Tenmangu and Fukuoka
Activities
観光 and 神社仏閣
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
Hokkaido
Asahikawa Ramen Village

8 ramen shops representing Asahikawa are gathered together under one roof in the corner of a shopping center. Each ramen shop serves half-sizes or mini versions so you can compare between them.

Area
Hokkaido and Asahikawa
Activities
体験, グルメ, and ラーメン
神戸
Starbucks (Kitano, Kobe Ijinkan Store)

This Starbucks was originally the 2nd floor of a mansion that was built in 1907. An American lived in the building during that time. There are six rooms including the lounge, dining, and guest rooms. Starbucks kept this set up, along with the antique furniture. You won’t have to pay the entrance fee for the […]

Area
神戸, 北野異人館, and Hyogo
Activities
喫茶店/カフェ, グルメ, 観光, and 史跡
関西国際空港
Rinku no Yu

Rinku no Yu is a hot spring located in Rinku Pleasure Town SEACLE on the mainland, the opposite shore of Kansai International Airport. The prices are cheap; a good place to visit if you have time until your flight. There are various baths and saunas such as outdoor hot springs and rock baths, and you […]

Area
関西国際空港 and 大阪府
Activities
観光 and 温泉
Amami Oshima
Futatsu no Umiga Mieruoka & Kahsiken Pass

It is a place where one can view two oceans at the same time: the East China Sea on the left and the Pacific Ocean on the right. The view is nce since it is located near the top of the mountain. However, the location is a little difficult to find, so please be careful. […]

Area
Amami Oshima and Kagoshima
Activities
観光, 峠 / 展望台, and 景色
ミナミ
Kani Doraku Crab

Found above the entrance to crab restaurant Kani Doraku Dotonbori is a large model crab, the arms and eyes move and the body is large, giving a striking impression. It is rumored that if made into crab stew there would be enough to feed 16,000 people. Originally made in 1962, the sign has been remade […]

Area
ミナミ and 大阪府
Activities
撮影スポット and 観光
Odaiba
Madame Tussauds Tokyo

Hollywood stars, famous sports athletes, musicians, historically important people, and others are on display as full bodied figures; over 60 personalities are on display. You can touch and take pictures with the figures.

Area
Odaiba and Tokyo
Activities
観光 and 観光施設
Hokkaido
Lake Kussharo

Lake Kussharo, with a circumference of 57 km and an area of 79.3 km2, is the largest caldera lake in Japan. It was formed about 30,000 years ago inside the Kussharo Caldera, which is the largest caldera in Japan, measuring about 26 km east to west and 20 km north to south. Incidentally, the word […]

Area
Hokkaido and Lake Akan / Mashu / Kussharo
Activities
観光, 自然, and 湖 / 川/ 滝
Amami Oshima
Honohoshi Coast

It is located on a cape at the southern tip of Amami Oshima Island. The round stones make a strange sound every time a wave comes in. There is an old legend that “whoever takes the stones away from the beach will bring bad luck,” so the round stones are prohibited from being taken out […]

Area
Amami Oshima and Kagoshima
Activities
観光 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
景色, 観光, 自然, 観光施設, and 庭園
Hokkaido
Akan International Crane Center

Area
Hokkaido and Kushiro
Activities
観光, 自然, and 公園
Hokkaido
Akan Sightseeing Cruise

The Akan Sightseeing Cruise circumnavigates Lake Akan and operates 4 to 11 times a day between May and November. The boat departs from the pier on the south side of the lake and cruises for about 85 minutes, taking in the view of Mt. Oakan and Mt. Meakan, with stops at Churui Island (where the […]

Area
Hokkaido and Lake Akan / Mashu / Kussharo
Activities
観光船, 観光, and 自然
Amami Oshima
Kyodo Ryori Kazumi

Area
Amami Oshima and Kagoshima
Activities
グルメ, 体験, 観光, and 日本料理
Hokkaido
Hakodate Orthodox Church

Built in 1860, the Hakodate Orthodox Church was the first Russian Orthodox Church in Japan. Its white walls and green roof contrast beautifully. It’s also famous for its booming bell chime before service.

Area
Hokkaido and Hakodate
Activities
観光 and 神社仏閣
Kawagoe
川越氷川神社

約1,500年前に創建された、長い歴史と高い格式のある神社だ。 主祭神は素戔嗚尊で、他に素戔嗚尊の妻と子供、妻の両親という合計五柱の神々が祀られている。 これらの神々は一つの家族で、そのうち夫婦が二組であることから、川越氷川神社は「家族円満・夫婦円満・縁結び」に大いにご利益があるとして人々から信仰されている。 特に縁結びが非常に有名で、多くの女性たちが良縁祈願に訪れる。   また、370年以上の歴史があり、毎年10月中旬に約1,000,000人もの観客が集まるほど人気がある川越氷川祭はこの神社の例大祭だ。 1849年に竣工した現在の本殿の建物には、全面に精巧で素晴らしい彫刻が施されている。 また鳥居は高さ約15mと木製の鳥居としては日本最大級の大きさで、扁額の文字は、日本人の間では非常に有名で人気のある幕末の武士、勝海舟(1823〜1899年)によるものだ。   川越氷川神社がユニークなのは、歴史と格式のある神社であるにもかかわらず、絶えず新しい取り組みを行なっているところだ。 メインの参拝客である女性たちが喜びそうな、楽しくてフォトジェニックな企画やイベントを多数打ち出し続けている。 参拝客に喜んでもらい、より信仰心や親しみを持ってもらうとともに、コツコツとお金を稼いで、神社の維持/発展にそのお金を使おうとする前向きな姿勢と努力には感心してしまう。 新しい取り組みに関しては、具体的には以下だ。   <絵馬トンネル> 参拝客の願いが込められた絵馬が約20mに渡って吊り下げられ、まるでトンネルのような形となっている。 本殿の脇にあり、フォトジェニックだ。   <鯛みくじ> 日本では縁起が良い魚である鯛をモチーフにしたおみくじを、小さな釣り竿を使って釣り上げるのが楽しい。   <縁結び風鈴> 「天の川に恋の願いが届くように」というロマンティックなテーマで、夏季(7月上旬〜9月上旬)限定で行われる祭事。 この時期、たくさんの参拝客たちが(主に恋の)願い事を書いた短冊を風鈴にかけて祈る。 色鮮やかなガラスで出来た2,000個の風鈴が、涼やかな音を立てながら風に揺れる様子は、綺麗で心が洗われる。 君がすれっからしだったとしてもきっと恋をしたくなる。

Area
Kawagoe and Saitama
Activities
観光 and 神社仏閣
Tokyo Station Area
The Imperial Palace

The Tokyo Imperial Palace – residence and palace of the Emperor – holds all sorts of official events; the Imperial Household Agency is located on Imperial Palace grounds too. If you include the outer gardens of the Imperial Palace, a total of 2.3 million sq m of flush greenery sits in the middle of Tokyo, […]

Area
Tokyo Station Area and Tokyo
Activities
観光 and 史跡
Hiroshima City Central Area
Hiroshima Castle

The castle was established in 1589 by Terumoto Mori, a powerful warlord, and consists of water drillings and greenery; it is quite a sight. Hiroshima Castle is also known as “The Castle of Carp,” and one of Japan’s most powerful baseball teams that has its home ground in Hiroshima, Toyo Carp, was named after this […]

Area
Hiroshima City Central Area and Hiroshima
Activities
観光 and 史跡
Iwakuni
Kintaikyo

Kintaikyo is a beautiful arched wooden bridge that spans across Nishiki-gawa. It has a length of 193 m and a width of 5 m, and it is constructed through a traditional Japanese technique of wood joinery, called the Kumiki. The middle three sequences create the arch of the bridge that has five sequences, which is […]

Area
Iwakuni, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi
Activities
観光, 湖 / 川/ 滝, and 史跡
Nagamachibukeyashikiato
旧加賀藩士高田家跡

江戸時代に加賀藩に仕えた中級武士、高田家の屋敷跡で、当時の武士の生活を垣間見ることが出来る施設だ。 中級武士以上が設置することができた長屋門や奉公人が暮らした仲間部屋、馬屋などがあるが、屋敷自体は残っていないのが残念。 池泉回遊式庭園は綺麗でなかなか良い感じだ。 なお、高田家の禄高は550石で、現在価値に直すと約1,100万円。 加賀藩という大組織の中では課長くらいのランクだったと思われる。 入場料金は無料、金沢市は太っ腹だ!

Area
Nagamachibukeyashikiato and Ishikawa
Activities
観光, 庭園, and 史跡
Mojiko
Mojiko Port

Area
Mojiko and Fukuoka
Activities
観光 and 通り/街道
Amami Oshima
Heart Shape Bay Viewpoint 

This is an observatory located on high ground along Prefectural Road 626. Looking down on the bay from here, the view is not “beautiful” but somehow heart-shaped. If you come here as a couple and look at the heart-shaped bay together, or take a selfie with the heart in the background, it will surely be […]

Area
Amami Oshima and Kagoshima
Activities
観光, 峠 / 展望台, and 景色
Tokyo
Tokyo Racecourse

Area
Tokyo
Activities
観光 and キャンブル
Miyajima
弥山

宮島の中央部にある標高535 mの山で、厳島神社と一体で世界遺産に登録されている。 古来より宮島の御神体として崇められてきた霊峰で、神聖な場所として長い間立ち入る人もほとんどいなかったため、今も手付かずの原生林が豊かに広がっている。 広島県でNo.1のパワースポットでもある。 真言宗の開祖で、日本では非常に有名な僧侶の弘法大師(774〜835年)によって806年に開山されたと伝わる。   弥山の山頂から眺めることが出来る瀬戸内海の風景は非常に素晴らしく、ミシュラン・グリーンガイドでも最上級の3つ星評価を得ている。 山頂から見る絶景とご利益を求めて多くの人が訪れるが、特に毎年元旦には初日の出を拝もうとする人たちで非常に混み合う。 なお、山頂付近には寺院建築物や巨岩群などの見所も点在している。

Area
Miyajima and Hiroshima
Activities
観光, 自然, 神社仏閣, and 世界遺産
Kabuki-za

4-12-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Area
,
Activities
ホール・シアター
Kuromon (black gate)

Akizuki no Tori, Asakura City, Fukuoka

Area
,
Activities
史跡
懐華樓

石川県金沢市東山1-14-8

Area
,
Activities
史跡喫茶店/カフェ
Kyukamura Okunoshima

Okunoshima, Tadanoumi-chou Takehara-shi Hiroshima-ken

Area
,
Activities
観光施設ホテル
Hello Kitty Happy Flight

Domestic Terminal 4th Floor, New Chitose Airport, Bibi, Chitose, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
博物館
Kobe Harborland

1 Higashikawasaki-chou, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Area
,
Activities
Dazaifu Tenmangu (Shrine)

4-7-1 Saifu, Dazaifu City, Fukuoka

Area
,
Activities
神社仏閣
YANAGAWA TACHIBANA-TEI OHANA

1 Shinhokamachi, Yanagawa City, Fukuoka

Area
,
Activities
庭園ホテル伝統文化
Asahikawa Ramen Village

4-119-48 Nagayama 11 Jō, Asahikawa, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
体験ラーメン
Starbucks (Kitano, Kobe Ijinkan Store)

3-1-31 Kitanochou, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Area
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Activities
喫茶店/カフェ史跡
Rinku no Yu

3 Rinku Ouraiminami, Izumisanoshi Osaka, Rinku Pleasure Town SEACLE 2F

Area
,
Activities
温泉
Futatsu no Umiga Mieruoka & Kahsiken Pass

Akaogi, Tatsugo-cho, Oshima-gun, Kagoshima

Area
,
Activities
峠 / 展望台景色
Kani Doraku Crab

1-6-18 Dotonbori Chuo-ku ,Osaka

Area
,
Activities
撮影スポット
Madame Tussauds Tokyo

1-6-1 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo [DECKS Tokyo Beach 3rd floor]

Area
,
Activities
観光施設
Lake Kussharo

Teshikaga-cho kawakami-gun, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
自然湖 / 川/ 滝
Honohoshi Coast

Sokari, Setouchi-cho, Oshima-gun, Kagoshima

Area
,
Activities
景色
Shikisai no Oka

Shinsei Dai 3, Biei, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
景色自然観光施設庭園
Akan International Crane Center

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

Area
,
Activities
自然公園
Akan Sightseeing Cruise

4-5-8 Akanko Onsen, Akan-cho, Kushiro City, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
観光船自然
Kyodo Ryori Kazumi

15-16, Nazesuehirocho, Amami, Kagoshima

Area
,
Activities
体験日本料理
Hakodate Orthodox Church

3-13 Motomachi, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido

Area
,
Activities
神社仏閣
川越氷川神社

埼玉県川越市宮下町2-11-3

Area
,
Activities
神社仏閣
The Imperial Palace

1-1, Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Area
,
Activities
史跡
Hiroshima Castle

21-1 Motomachi, Nakaku Hiroshimashi Hiroshima

Area
,
Activities
史跡
Kintaikyo

Yokoyama, Iwakuni Iwakuni-shi, Yamaguchi

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Activities
湖 / 川/ 滝史跡
旧加賀藩士高田家跡

石川県金沢市長町2-6-1

Area
,
Activities
庭園史跡
Mojiko Port

Minato machi, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka

Area
,
Activities
通り/街道
Heart Shape Bay Viewpoint 

Katetsu, Setouchi-cho, Oshima-gun, Kagoshima

Area
,
Activities
峠 / 展望台景色
Tokyo Racecourse

1-1, Hiyoshi-cho, Fuchu-shi ,Tokyo

Area
Activities
キャンブル
弥山

広島県廿日市市宮島町

Area
,
Activities
自然神社仏閣世界遺産