Location List

The Kuchiba family residence is located in the former samurai residence district of Hagi Castle’s castle town. The Kuchiba family was a high-ranked samurai, and their home is a valuable example of ...

“Magura no Oiwago” is a boulder field (blockfield) with rocks as large as approximately 7 meters in diameter. The site has been designated as a National Natural Monument of Japan.

Construction of the old Yamaguchi Prefectural Office and Prefectural Assembly Hall was completed in 1916. Today, these buildings are a museum with exhibits about the past and present of Yamaguchi P...

The five-ringed pagodas, said to be the tomb of Yang Keifei, are estimated to have been made in the late Kamakura Period. Considered as stone pagodas in a most complete form, the pagodas have been ...

Called “Tomo Shichikyo Ochi Iseki (literally meaning “the site in Tomo where 7 exiled lords stayed),” a cluster of 9 buildings that once prospered as Homeishu Breweries is preserved. In 1940, the s...

Imaicho is a compact, beautifully preserved Edo period merchant town that has been designated as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in Japan. Many traditional r...

Shinmachi-dori Street is located in the town of Gojo in Nara prefecture. This area used to be one of the key points of transportation between Osaka and Kii. Houses in this area, built between the E...

Imanishi Shoin was originally used as the residence of a Buddhist monk of the Kofuku-ji Temple and handed over to the Imanishi family in 1924. Since then the house has undergone several repair cons...

The Iwasa Residence was built in 1904 as a Japanese farmhouse. The exterior walls are painted with black plaster (stucco) coating and the roof’s thick vergeboard give the house a dignified look. Th...

Akashi Castle was an Edo period Japanese castle located in Akashi City, Hyōgo Prefecture. It underwent major repairs in 1739, and was largely demolished by the Meiji Government in 1874. The castle ...

Surrounded by classic white-painted earthen walls, the residence includes the main structure, a temple dedicated to Fudo Myo-o, a shrine dedicated to Inari, and dozo-style mortar storehouse. The wh...

There are two tea rooms next to the Sakai City Museum: Shinan and Obaian. Shinan was originally built in Shiba Park, Tokyo, in 1929. It was donated and moved to Sakai in 1980. Designed by Rodo Ogi,...

Brick and concrete reservoirs in the north of the city of Sakai. The two reservoirs, with a total area of 662 m2, are covered by a brick vault. The entrance has an arched opening crowned by a diamo...

In addition to its history as a mountain asceticism temple, Seigakuin is known as a temple school where Ekai Kawaguchi, the first Japanese to cross the Himalayas from late Edo Period to early Meiji...

With a history spanning more than 1,100 years, Aburahi Shrine has been venerated by many people for a long time. During Sengoku Period (age of warlords) in the 15th and 16th centuries, the shrine w...

A samurai's house with many trees that have colored leaves in autumn. Has full of Japanese atmosphere. The interior of the house like a wooden door looks good and various types of filming are possi...

Originally built in 1881, the former Hamawaki Church was dismantled in 1931 and reconstructed in the Gorin district where it stands today as the Gorin Church. In 1985 it was almost dismantled, but ...

Originally built in 1878 and renovated into a red brick church by Yosuke Tetsukawa, a Japanese architect, in 1910 as the third church on the site. The church was designated as an Important Cultural...

It is said that all residents except for one family were Christians on the island of Kashiragashima. During the Goto Kuzure (persecution of Christians on Goto Islands), all the Christians escaped f...

Kamebishiya is a renowned soy sauce manufacturer creating their products using the traditional “Mushiro Koji Method” since 1753. Their building has been designated as a Tangible Cultural Property o...

The Former Goten Water Source was built as a water purification plant in 1921.　 In 1985, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (at the time) selected the buildings of the Goten Water Source as one of...

An old district dating back to the 17th century, where stone walls, hedges, waterways, and district boundaries have been preserved since the Edo period. The area was designated as a Preservation Di...

The New Kawaguchi Bridge, originally built across the Nakashima River in 1890, was moved to the east side of Dejima and became the current Dejima Bridge in 1910. It is the oldest road bridge still ...

The sole remaining church on Nozaki Island built thanks to efforts by Christians in Nokubi and Funamori Villages. It is the first brick church designed and built by Yosuke Tetsukawa. In 2018, the c...