Location List

Edohigan cherry blossom tree which comes out from the granite 23m around. It is about 400 years ago and a national natural treature.

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Located at the southern tip of Awaji Island. Fukiagehama Beach is a white-sand beach where several films and TV dramas have been shot. No cityscape on the opposite shore. Swimming is not allowed.

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 (...

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 ...

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 residence of the Sugihara family, chief retainer family of the Ashimori domain, stands out in the Ashimori City Scape Preservation District for its white walls and Namako (white grid on black s...

After Kyokutou Kindergarten (built in 1908) was dismantled due to aging in 1979, it was moved, reassembled, and restored in 1998. The exterior of the architecture is a typical western style buildin...

Omizuen was a garden that belonged to Lord Kinoshita of the Ashimori Clan. It is one of the largest gardens in Okayama Prefecture and features a circular promenade around a pond. The garden has bee...