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Nagoya PARCO
Fashion, food and rotating specialty retail across Nagoya PARCO's Yabacho buildings.
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Niigata City Aquarium Marinepia Nihonkai
Sea of Japan habitats and broader marine exhibits at Niigata City Aquarium.
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Shirakawa Park
Shirakawa Park gives Nagoya's Fushimi museum district a shared outdoor setting of lawns, trees and sculpture. The science museum's giant planetarium sphere marks one side of the landscape, with the art museum forming another cultural anchor. Use the park to connect the two institutions or to spend time outside before returning to the surrounding city streets.
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Hamamatsu Castle
Tokugawa Ieyasu history, older stonework and a reconstructed tower at Hamamatsu.
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Hida no Sato
Hida no Sato gathers traditional farmhouses and other regional buildings into an open-air museum near Takayama. Roof forms, domestic spaces and everyday tools show how mountain households adapted to heavy snow and rural work. Move between several buildings to compare their uses, remembering that the village brings structures from different original communities together.
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Nabana no Sato
Flower gardens, a begonia conservatory and seasonal illuminations near Nagashima.
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Narai-juku
A long wooden Nakasendo streetscape through the Kiso Valley at Narai-juku.
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Notojima Aquarium
Regional marine life displayed on Notojima in Nanao Bay.
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Gujo Hachiman Castle
Climb to Gujo Hachiman Castle for the town-and-valley view.
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Kamikochi
Walk Kamikochi's Azusa River paths beneath the Hotaka peaks.
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Shiroyone Senmaida
See Wajima's rice terraces step down toward the Sea of Japan.
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Little World
Explore world architecture and cultural displays across Little World.
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Shinminato Kitokito Market
Shop for Toyama Bay seafood at Shinminato Kitokito Market.
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Tokugawa Garden
Tokugawa Garden in Nagoya recreates a daimyo-style landscape on land connected with the Owari Tokugawa household. A central pond, waterfalls and stonework compress larger natural scenery into a strolling route. Pair the garden with the neighboring Tokugawa Art Museum if you want to connect the family's cultural objects with a landscape recalling its former estate.
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Matsumoto City Museum of Art
See Matsumoto art and Yayoi Kusama's local connection.
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Wajima Morning Market
Visit Wajima's relocated morning market at Wai Plaza.
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Gero Onsen Gassho Village
Explore thatched farmhouses above Gero Onsen.
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Nagamachi Samurai District
Nagamachi preserves the street pattern and atmosphere of a former samurai residential district in Kanazawa. Earthen walls, narrow lanes and canals reveal the boundaries of households once linked to the Kaga domain. Explore the public streets first, then choose individual residences or museums to enter; the district is a neighborhood with separate sites rather than one enclosed attraction.
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Nomura-ke Samurai Heritage Residence
Nomura-ke opens one samurai household within Kanazawa's Nagamachi district to closer inspection. Interior rooms, displayed objects and a compact garden bring the scale of domestic life into focus after walking the neighborhood's walled lanes. Look at how the rooms frame the garden as well as at individual details to understand the relationship between the house and its setting.
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Meijo Park
Meijo Park spreads lawns, trees and flower planting beside the northern side of Nagoya Castle. It offers a broader recreation landscape around the castle district, with the Flower Plaza adding a horticultural focus. Walk through the planting and open grounds before deciding whether to extend the outing into the castle's separately managed visitor areas.
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Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort
Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort spreads across Mount Kenashi above the old hot-spring village, with roughly 297 hectares of terrain, a large vertical range and a top-to-bottom run of about 10 kilometers.
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Tokugawa Art Museum
Explore Owari Tokugawa treasures in Nagoya.
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GALA Yuzawa Snow Resort
GALA Yuzawa integrates a winter ski resort directly with a Shinkansen station, placing ticketing, rentals and gondola access in the same base complex reached by train from Tokyo.
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Kakegawa Castle
Kakegawa Castle’s 1994 wooden keep reconstruction revived the hilltop landmark using traditional materials and methods, while the surrounding grounds preserve the setting of the earlier castle.