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Aso Farm Land

Aso Farm Land is a large Minami-Aso resort complex combining geodesic-dome lodging, hot springs, animal areas, food workshops and outdoor leisure within the volcanic Aso region.

Japan Essentials
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Hakata Kawabata Shopping Arcade

Hakata Kawabata Shopping Arcade brings local shops, eateries and traditional goods together in a commercial street connecting central Hakata temple and entertainment districts.

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Kijima Kogen Park

Kijima Kogen Park is a mountain amusement park in Oita Prefecture, combining rides and family attractions with a cooler highland setting and views across the surrounding landscape.

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Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden

Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden is a wild-monkey sanctuary between Oita and Beppu where free-ranging Japanese macaques move through the slopes and gather near feeding areas.

Japan Essentials
From ¥50090–150 minutes
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Cuddly Dominion

Cuddly Dominion in Aso is an animal park built around close viewing and interactive encounters with species including capybaras and other small and large animals across its grounds.

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From ¥2,600180–300 minutes
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Kusasenri

Kusasenri is a broad grassland inside an old crater on Mount Aso, with a shallow pond, grazing livestock and open views toward the active volcanic landscape of Naka-dake across the plateau.

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Showa-no-Machi

Showa-no-Machi in Bungotakada revives a mid-20th-century shopping district through retro storefronts, small museums, cafés and local businesses arranged around the old town center.

Retro Japan
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Beppu Tower

Beppu Tower offers a view of the city and bay from a steel landmark of Japan's postwar tourism era. Opened in 1957 and designed by Tachū Naitō, it belongs to the same tower-building tradition as several better-known urban observatories. Its waterfront setting puts Beppu's coastal geography at the center of the visit.

Retro Japan
From ¥80045–60 minutes
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Aoi Aso Shrine

Aoi Aso Shrine in Hitoyoshi was founded in 806 and preserves a group of five designated National Treasures, including distinctive thatched-roof shrine buildings within its historic precinct.

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Chikuzenmachi Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum

Chikuzenmachi Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum interprets the former Tachiarai military airfield through aircraft, documents, testimony and the local impact of the Pacific War and 1945 air raids.

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From ¥60060–90 minutes; allow around 2 hours for a slower reading of testimony, aircraft, and wartime-hist...
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Kora Taisha Shrine

Kora Taisha is a vermilion shrine near the 312-meter summit of Mount Kora, historically the foremost shrine of old Chikugo Province, with major Edo-period halls completed in 1660.

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Nagasaki Seaside Park

Nagasaki Seaside Park is a landscaped harborfront opened in 2004, linking broad lawns, a water garden and promenade space along the central waterfront beside the Dejima and Tokiwa areas.

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Check official information30–60 minutes for a waterfront walk; 60–90 minutes when lingering on lawns, canal areas, sunset v...
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Tenjin Central Park

Tenjin Central Park opens a green space between Fukuoka's commercial streets and the riverside. Its lawn faces the planted terraces of ACROS Fukuoka, while the Nishi-Nakasu section includes the historic Kihinkan building. The park occupies the former prefectural government site, giving an ordinary city break a layer of civic history.

Japan Essentials
Free1–1.5 hours
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Tenkaiho Observatory

Tenkaiho Observatory looks across Sasebo's Kujukushima islands, with flower fields and quieter walking paths around the wider site beyond the main observation deck.

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Free45–120 minutes
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Yanagibashi Rengo Market

Yanagibashi Rengo Market is a compact covered lane of fishmongers, butchers, produce shops and prepared-food stalls long known as one of central Fukuoka's everyday food markets.

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Yobuko Morning Market

Yobuko Morning Market lines a coastal street in Karatsu's Yobuko area, where seafood stalls and local vendors make fresh fish and simple prepared foods the focus of a compact morning visit.

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