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Itsukushima Shrine
Follow Itsukushima Shrine’s covered corridors beside the tidal bay, where changing water levels transform the relationship between buildings, torii and shore.
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Atomic Bomb Dome
Visit the Atomic Bomb Dome as a preserved witness to Hiroshima’s destruction and the long effort to carry its memory into a peaceful future.
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Izumo Taisha
Explore Izumo Taisha’s approaches and shrine precinct for monumental architecture, sacred ropes and a living tradition concerned with the relationships between people.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Walk Hiroshima's memorial landscape slowly, reading the monuments as accounts of people and loss.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Encounter the names, belongings and testimony behind Hiroshima's memorial landscape.
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Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter
Kurashiki's Bikan Historical Quarter follows a canal lined with white-walled storehouses, willow trees and traditional buildings. Former commercial spaces now accommodate museums, shops and cafés, so the visit can move between the streetscape and individual interiors. Leave the canal occasionally to explore the adjoining merchant-town streets.
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Karato Market
Time a Karato visit around the market's food-event calendar if choosing sushi from the stalls is your main aim.
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Hirome Market
Choose dishes from Hirome's stalls and settle into the shared tables for a taste of Kochi's food culture.
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Kintaikyo Bridge
Compare Kintaikyo's sweeping profile from the riverbank with the changing levels of a walk across its timber spans.
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Hiroshima Castle
Explore Hiroshima Castle's surviving site and reconstructed exteriors, with the main keep now closed to entry.
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Dogo Onsen Main Building
Choose a bathing course at Dogo Onsen's historic Main Building and experience its restored interior spaces.
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Tottori Sand Dunes
Walk Tottori's coastal dunes for wind-shaped sand and a wide view toward the Sea of Japan.
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Matsuyama Castle
Climb to an original castle keep above Matsuyama's streets and stone defenses.
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Okayama Kōrakuen
Walk Kōrakuen's ponds and lawns, with Okayama Castle joining the garden views.
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Yamato Museum / Kure Maritime Museum
See the Yamato model, then follow Kure's naval and shipbuilding history beyond it.
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Adachi Museum of Art
See garden compositions through museum windows, then turn to modern Japanese painting.
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Matsue Castle
Explore an original 1611 castle keep and its moated Matsue setting.
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Otsuka Museum of Art
Otsuka Museum of Art in Naruto presents Western artworks as full-scale ceramic reproductions. The format brings paintings and recreated architectural interiors into one extensive route, including the setting of the Sistine Chapel. Come with time to compare styles and scale, understanding that the attraction is the reproduction project and its educational scope.
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Ritsurin Garden
Move from pond to pond through Ritsurin's pine-framed views beneath Mount Shiun.
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Katsura Beach (Katsurahama)
See Kochi's Pacific shoreline and the Ryōma statue at Katsurahama.
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Kochi Castle
Kochi Castle preserves the relationship between a surviving keep and the palace buildings of its inner compound. Moving through the site reveals the residential and administrative side of castle life alongside defensive architecture. Give the connected buildings as much attention as the tower silhouette to understand the former center of the Tosa domain.
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The Sand Museum
See Tottori's temporary sand sculptures in the current Spain exhibition.
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Okonomimura
Choose a griddle counter for Hiroshima okonomiyaki at Okonomimura.
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Chichibugahama Beach
Seek Chichibugahama's sunset mirror when low tide and calm water align.