Location List

The culture consisting of modern ceramic art Museum and Messe facilities (Oribe square) and industrial compound facilities. The design is Mr. architect, Arata Isozaki.

A festival which is held at Lunar New Year. Among other things paper balloons are released to flutter and shine magically in the frozen night sky.

"Hirayu" of the oldest building in the public bathhouse located in great numbers in Suwa-shi, Nagano. There is no partition of a dressing room and a bathroom.

---

---

ueno castle's rock walls is surrounding the structure, at 30 meters tall, The castle was used as a shooting location for Kagemusha, a film directed by Kurosawa Akira in the early 1980's.

Hiyawai means a very narrow alley in dialect in Nabari. There are still some "Hiyawai" that is too narrow to pass each other in residential area.

This is an example of one of the few remaining recent samurai family house that still exist today.(the existing house was reconstructed after a big fire in Nabari in 1710.)

This western-style two-story building was constructed in 1881, and the oldest existing building as schoolhouse in Mie prefecture.

This man-made lake was created from the dam that was constructed in the Shorenji river in 1970.there is beatiful view in all seasons.

The Kaochi ravine runs for approximately eight kilometers.and the rock face looks like columns that were split apart with a hatchet. in the fall, there is beautiful autumn leaves.

There are a variety of waterfalls that appear along the upper stream of the Taki River in this approximately 4km ravine.

The Hakodate Christmas Fantasy is an annual Christmas event held in the area around the Red Brick Warehouses of the bay area.

decorates the Motomachi District, site of churches and numerous historical buildings, in a 50,000-bulb display of beautiful winter lights nightly.

Plays enact the history of the Hakodate area and take place on a stage formed on an embankment and trench at a special historic site, Goryokaku Fort.

Since 1935, the Hakodate Port Festival has been one of the city's largest summer events.

Held since 1970, the Goryokaku-sai Festival tells the story of the fort and the Battle of Bosin.

Nesaki Park Rugby Stadium, known as the Mecca of Hakodate area ruggermen, is a 3,000-seat grass rugby field located near the Yunokawa Hot Spring Resort area.

Sumiyoshi Sports Ground is a recreational field with small berm located close to Omori-hama Beach.

Hakodate Hachimangu Gaien Baseball Field is located close to Hakodate Hachimangu Shrine and Hakodate Park situated in a residential area