Location List

A Registered Monument of Japan. Was originally built as a private residence for Taijiro Kodera, a trading merchant. Is now an urban Japanese garden known for its beautiful azaleas.

Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan, the Former Hunter House is one of the largest existing Ijinkans (former residences of western settlers) in Kobe. Beautifully decorated with a m...

Located on a vast land on Mt. Rokko is the campus of Kobe University with many buildings, including 5 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan: the Rokkodai Main Building (built in 1932), L...

As a national registered tangible cultural property, constructed in 1923 (Taisho period in Japan) The upper intake tower and handrails are made of brick(about 13m high and about 24m long). It has b...

At the end of the Nara period, when Kibi no Mabi returned from China in 733, he climbed Mt. Hakuhei in the Hiromine mountain range and received Gozu Tenno's trust. In 734, the main shrine building ...

Approximately 25-minute-drive from Hanamaki station on Japan Railway. They still offer mix bathing which is rare nowadays.

Gokuraku-dori is a small path between Higashi Honganji and Nishi Honganji Yokkaichi Betsuin, an area that flourished as a temple town of Kyushu Gobo.

Its 700 m-long approach is paved with natural stones. Japan's largest Gongen-styale Building.

This school was opened in 1887 and abolished in 2001. There is an important cultural property in the school ground. Both building and gym are used for various events.

At a temple of the national outstanding one of the three leading Zen sects in Japan that 3 代藩主毛利吉就 founded 名僧慧極 of the Hagi native place as a founder in (1691) in 1691, it is a family te...

agi feudal clan 2s feudal lord Tsunahiro Mori (つなひろ) revives, and Daisho-in Temple is the Rinzai sect temple which fixed the buildings less than the main hall of a Buddhist temple by (1656) in ...

The shrine which enshrines the first lord of the domain of Kaga, Toshiie MAEDA and his legal wife O-Matsu-no-kata. The Shinmon (shrine gate) is designated as a nationally important cultural proper...

Once a flourishing town thanks to copper mining, this mountain village was famous as a major producer of vivid red “Bengara” color pigment made from oxidized iron. The uniqueness of Fukiya is that ...

ohura catholic church

Yakage Honjin Former Ishii Residence is a well-known residence that offered lodging for feudal lords in the 18th century. It has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property, and sever...

The site is approximately 1 hectre and the house is 0.4 acre.

It has a massive gate. The main house which has a high quality Japanese architecture was used to be a large landowner in the area from the end of Edo era to Taisho era. It looks elegant, tranquil a...

Comprised of both Western and Japanese style buildings, the former Matsumoto Residence was built in 1912 as a residence and guesthouse by Kenjiro Matsumoto. There are two buildings, and both were d...

Kumamoto Castle, with a history of over 400 years, is currently going under restoration from the earthquake in 2016.