Location List

According to the Nihon Shoki – known as the first Japanese history book – in December 613 Prince Shotoku came across a hungry man lying on the side of the road. Although he gave the man food, drink...

A nationally registered tangible cultural property located in the Himeji Literature Museum. It is a one-storied wooden building with gabled roof and tiled roof that was built as a villa for Hachij...

Believed to have been built in mid-18th century, the former Mekata Residence is a rare example of a middle-class samurai residence. The building was designated as an Important Cultural Property in ...

Matsue Castle was built in 1611. It is one of the five original castles in Japan to have been designated as a National Treasure. The castle is famous for its cherry blossoms in spring and foliage i...

In the early 17th century, the clay for chinaware which had a high quality, and was abundant which was raw materials of the porcelain was discovered in this Izumiyama by Korean ceramist Sanpei Ri (...

Tanjoji Temple was built in 1193 on the site of the birthplace of Honen Shonin, the founder of Jodo sect of Buddhism. In fact, the famous ancient gingko tree is said to have been planted by the Hon...

An old Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect. The temple was burnt in a fire in 1573 but was rebuilt in 1586 by Hideyoshi. The wooden seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai is a Designated Cultural Property ...

Okayama Castle, one of Japan’s top 100 castles, was built in 1597, under the direction of Hideie Ukita. Architecture of this period is sometimes represented by the use of black lacquer painted boar...

White-colored weeping cherry tree in Ryukokuji Temple. Newly discovered endemic cherry tree in 1920.Registered as a national natural treaturein1936.

It is said that Masamune Date tried to build this shrine in the image of the Toyokuni Shrine in Kyoto. It is the oldest building built in the gongenzukuri style.

This temple, Matsushima's oldest remaining Momoyama period structure, is said to be originally built by Sakanoue Tamuramaro.

The school was built in the Western style in 1888. With Grecian columns, a vaulted entrance, and a second-floor balcony, it incorporates several European styles.

Shiogama Shrine, a National Treasure and Important Cultural Property, is one of the highest Shinto shrines in northern Japan, dating from the 800s. In the spring the shrine grounds are transformed ...

The vermillion romon (two-storied gate) is a symbol of Takeo Onsen and is a designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

It was newly built by Kanji Nakamura in 1897, and the main gate, mother''s house, and tea room with a thatched roof are left as they were at that time. There is a Western-style room that was still ...

This is the atelier of the painter Saburosuke Okada.

A shrine with many stone statues. There is also a bamboo grove and a Chinese-style tower gate.

You can stay in an old Japanese house.

Doi''s house, Omachi Town. He build it in the early 19th century, and dismantled to mend in 1976.It is registered as an important cultural property in Japan.

Kawauchi''s house and Mori''s house, Taku City. These were Kudo-zukuri houses and build in the early 18th century. The former is registered as an important cultural property in Japan.