Location List

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...

"This is an exhibition and information facility for the Kurozuka Tumulus, a National Historic Site. This is a full-scale reproduction of a vertical style stone chamber found during excavation. 33...

In the past, this temple was moved to various locations by the Date clan as they changed their place of residence, before it finally settled in its current location when Lord Masamune moved to and ...

One of the most famous tourism spot in Sendai.Masamune Date constructed this castle in 1603, and it was a residence of several generations of the Date family. There was no tower.

A mausoleum or ancestral shrine for Lord Date Masamune, the founder of the Sendai clan. It was designated as a national treasure, being a mausoleum built in the Momoyama style of construction.

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.

A historic old temple that offers divine favor for matchmaking and safe delivery. The big triangular deep-fried tofu (been curd) is a noted specialty.

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

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 park where many remains of Jomon era has been found.

carp street

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...

Closely associated with the figure believed to have inspired the famous Japanese folktale Momotaro, the Kibitsujinja Shrine is a National Treasure of Japan, officially listed as “The Main Sanctuary...

memorial　bridge

Near Karatsu Castle.

Shigenobu Okuma, twice prime minister of Japan and founder of Waseda University, was born in Saga. At Kaishokoji in Saga city (modern day Mizugae), where Shigenobu spent his childhood, there is a c...

The castle was built in 1718 by Matsura Atsunobu, the sixth lord of Hirado. Although it was dismantled during the Meiji Restoration, the main keep of the castle (a.k.a. Kameoka Castle) stands on a ...