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There are countless places across Japan where visitors can feel the special history and traditions of that location. Let us be your guide to historical buildings and townscapes, temples and shrines, ruins, castles, and traditional ceremonies.
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Narai-juku
- Nagano
- After travelers came over the worst of the Torii Pass, what waited for them was a post-station town known as ”Narai of the Thousand...
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Shirakawa-go
- Hidatakayama
- The style of architecture known as Gassho-zukuri (Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof) and the townscape of Shirakawa-go are...
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Kawaguchiko Oishi Park
- Mt. Fuji
- Spreading like a purple carpet across the park during summer, the park’s lavender fields with Mt. Fuji in the background are a sigh...
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Nanzenji Temple
- Kyoto
- Nanzenji is the most prestigious of all the Zen Buddhism temples in Japan. The Lake Biwa Canal Waterway Route, which passes through the v...
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Eiheiji Temple
- Fukui
- This temple was founded by the master of the Soto Zen Buddhism, Eihei Dogen, in 1244. It has an area of around 700 square meters and cove...
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Ninen-zaka and Sannen-zaka (Slopes at Kiyomizu-dera)
- Kyoto
- The gently sloping lanes with stone pavement are lined with many traditional souvenir shops and serve as the main tourist street of Higas...
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Funaya at Ine Bay
- Kyoto
- 230 boat houses facing the Sea of Japan stands in a row on the waters of Ine bay. On the first level of these traditional buildings, ther...
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Ginzan Onsen
- Yamagata
- This hot spring was made famous by the NHK television drama “Oshin”. Gas street lamps burn at night, and the closely packed w...
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Ouchi-juku
- Fukushima
- Oouchijukuis a posting station that has remains of Edo era's (1603-1867) old houses. There are about fifty thatched roof houses stan...
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Hokkaido University
- Sapporo & Otaru
- "Boys, be ambitious." Spoken by Dr. William S. Clark, the founder of Sapporo Agricultural College (SAC), these words remain we...
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