Location List

Tottori Castle was originally built in 1532 and served as the regional center of power during the Sengoku Period. During the Edo Period, it was owned by the Ikeda Clan. Today the stone walls and a ...

The Nakao Castle Park is located at the former site of a mountaintop castle, the Nakao Castle. With the red bridge as its landmark, the park is full of flowers throughout the year and offers a magn...

Located on Oita Prefecture's Kunisaki Peninsula around Kitsuki Castle, Kitsuki is said to be Japan’s smallest castle town. The city has two hills with a valley in between. There are two slopes, Suy...

Yonago Castle was built sometime in the late 15th century and became the leading fortification in the San-in region after additional constructions. It was built on top of Mt. Minato, a point of str...

Was a mountain castle built on 356-meter Mt. Inokuchi during the Sengoku Period around 1334-1338. Kuruwas (castle compounds) on the mountain top are surrounded by sturdy stone walls.

Located in the Ono basin surrounded by mountains on all sides, Echizen Ono Castle was built from around 1575, taking 4 to 5 years until completion. The keep of the castle stands on the 249-meter Mo...

Oni no Shita Burui is a large gorge stretching a little over 2 kilometers that was created by a rapidly flowing river carving out the mountainside over a long period of time. The V-shaped valley is...

The Itohara Family is one of the three Tesshi Houses that has lived in Okuizumo for nearly 400 years. Tesshi were the heads of the official ironworkers, who managed everything from collecting mater...

The restaurant next to the Kenji Miyazawa Museum. It was named after the restaurant in Kenji's book "The Restaurant of Many Orders”.

Built in 1926．As it looks like a western building, the spaces for living and guests are separated as the layout of Samurai houses. The western-style corridor separated the two spaces, which is a v...

A wooden schoolhouse built in 1885. Restoration and repair work was done in 2013 and 2014.

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...

Designated as a National Important Cultural Property, Yachiyo-za reveals what the Kabuki Theater was like in the Edo Period.

Built around 1930. There is a flowerbed designed by a famous author, Kenji Miyazawa.

About 60-minute drive from Hanamaki station on Japan Railway. Built in 807. Located in the village where has the starting point for climbing Mt. Hayachine. The main hall was built in the Keicho e...

most famous dune in Japan

Promenade in the city connecting Uecho where is the central urban area of the city and Kajomachi where the city hall is located.

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

Hot spring with a long history.

The donjon, reportedly built during Keicho-era (1596 - 1614) was restored in 2004, employing the traditional construction techniques of those times. You must see the four turrets, designated as Imp...

A popular spot for artists and photographers eager to capture rustic thatched-roof huts and scenery, Okudaisen’s Mitsukue area offers a nostalgic look at the landscape of old Japan against the back...

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

his is the historical temple at the side of the Chuugoku Region’s highest mountain. During the temple’s golden age in the Heian Period, Mt Daisen housed over one hundred temples and 3,000 monks, it...

Misasa Onsen boasts the highest radon quantity of all the world’s hot springs and is also known as ‘the healing spring’, making this area a popular health resort. A kawara rotemburo at the riversid...