Location List

Sado gold mine maintain Edo state

Park with great nature in Higashiyama area.

Sakitsu Church is a Catholic church inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2018 along with the rest of Sakitsu village. It forms a part of the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region World Her...

Located south of Kamigamo Jinja Shrine, a world heritage shrine, Shake Machi (shake=family of Shinto priest, machi=town) is a district that developed in front of the shrine gate from the Muromachi ...

Yakushiji Temple was constructed by Emperor Tenmu in the late 7th century. Yakushiji is characterized by its symmetric layout, with the main hall (Kondo) and lecture hall standing in the center bet...

Horyuji Temple was founded in 607 by Crown Prince Shōtoku and Empress Suiko. Horyuji Temple’s grounds are separated into two main precincts, the Western Precinct (Saiin Garan) and the Eastern Preci...

Various historic architecture such as Todaiji Temple and Kofukuji Temple which are World Heritage sites are lit up from July 1 to October 31 every year.

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A part of the castle town of Shuri in the Ryukyu Dynasty.

Head temple of Hosso Sect of Buddhism.

Yoshino appeared as a place where historical incidents occurred for several times in old days.

glover garden

There is Dorogawa hot spring and Mitarai canyon on the foot of Ominesan.

Overlooking the west coast on a 125-meter high hill, Zakimi Castle was erected during the 15th century. Around 1422, Gosamaru, then lord of Yamada Castle, four kilometers northeast of Zakimi, build...

Located two kilometers south of Shurijo Castle, Shikina-en Gardens was the second home of the Ryukyuan kings and was also called the southern residence. Built around 1800, it welcomed envoys from t...

Okinawa’s most important sacred place is seated overlooking the Chinen peninsula. The site is said to have been made by the legendary creator, Amamikiyo. It is known as a sacred grove for prayer fa...

A long time ago, the Ryukyus were divided in three kingdoms. One of these kingdoms was the Hokuzan kingdom located in northern Okinawa and ruled from Nakijin Castle. Elevated on a 90-100-meter hi...

Katsuren Castle was built by Lord Amawari in between the 12th and 13th centuries. Amawari raised prosperity by developing rice farming, actively promoting international trade, and positively introd...

Cherry blossom season is the main event around Mt Yoshino, with around 30,000 trees of 200 varieties, that bloom all over the mountain from late March to mid-April. Extra buses take visitors up to ...

The Former Site of Heijokyu Imperial Palace is the site upon which Heijo Palace or Heijkyo once stood. The site now features reconstructions of the Imperial Audience Hall where the Emperor’s throne...

The approach to Nara’s most famous and impressive Shinto shrine takes you along an atmospheric forest path, lined with hundreds of stone lanterns. Everywhere you will come across the sacred deer th...

world Heritage

This western-style two-story building was constructed in 1881, and the oldest existing building as schoolhouse in Mie prefecture.

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