Location List

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 ...

Ishida Castle (a.k.a. Fukue Castle) is the remains of a castle structure in Goto, Nagasaki. The construction of the castle started in 1849 and was completed 15 year later in 1863, with more than 50...

The corner towers, the gate in the stone wall, Honmaru Goten (palace), and other facilities have been restored.

Iwami Tatamigaura is a scenic spot that was designated a National Natural Monument in 1932. An immense flat terrain of rocks unfolds as one walks out of the cave, and various fossils can be seen am...

The Kumagai Residence is a home once owned by a wealthy merchant family. The social status of the merchant at the end of the Edo Period can be seen from the size and the decorative interior of the ...

The only hot spring district in Japan to be in an area designated as a Historic Streetscape Preservation District. The hot spring is also a part of the World Heritage Site Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine ...

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...

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...

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...

Construction costs covered by donations from prefectures belonging to Sasebo Naval District (12 prefectures in the Kyushu, Shikoku, and Okinawa regions), this decorative hall was built in 1923. Aft...

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...

A museum consisting of two buildings. The House of Hyogo Origins is the history museum building, where visitors can learn about the history and attractiveness of the 5 regions in Hyogo. The First H...

The Otsu City Science Museum, which opened in 1970, is located inside the Otsu City Lifelong Learning Center and has a planetarium with a 12-meter diameter dome and 95 seats, as well as an exhibiti...

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 ...

Built in 1614, Suwa Shrine is a major Shinto shrine in Nagasaki, home to Nagasaki Kunchi, a popular festival held from October 7 to 9 every year.

Dozaki church is a full-scale, redbrick, gothic-style church built in 1907 and dedicated to the 26 Martyrs of Japan by Bishop Cousin in 1908. As it was the first church built after the ban on Chris...

A wooden church with white walls and blue windowpanes. Four families of settlers from Nishisonogi began the church in 1881, and thanks to funds raised by 50 families through dragnet fishing, the Eg...

Lodging and conference facilities located in the center of Saikoku National Park, a park on a hilltop facing the sea in Honmachi. The center opened in May of 1998 as a lodging facility for the comp...

The building is designed in the shape of waves. Once inside, the wide open space and huge windows allow plenty of sunlight to reach inside and present a grand view of the Omura Bay and the beautifu...

Built in 1934 when Unzen became a National Park, the Obama Public Hall is the oldest existing wooden public hall in Nagasaki Prefecture. The hall, a treasured historic landmark, is well-preserved a...