Nagoya & Central JapanPublic
Zuiryuji Temple
Zuiryuji is a seventeenth-century Zen temple in Takaoka built by the Kaga Maeda family in memory of Maeda Toshinaga, with major gate and hall buildings designated National Treasures.
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HokkaidōPublic
Banei Tokachi (Obihiro Racecourse)
Banei Tokachi at Obihiro Racecourse preserves the unusual Ban'ei racing tradition, where massive draft horses pull weighted sleds over sand hills along a straight two-hundred-meter course.
Hiroshima, Chūgoku & ShikokuPublic
Bitchu Matsuyama Castle
Bitchu Matsuyama Castle stands on Mount Gagyu about 430 meters above sea level, preserving one of Japan's twelve original castle keeps at the end of a steep mountain approach.
KyushuPublic
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.
Nagoya & Central JapanPublic
Gifu Sekigahara Battlefield Memorial Museum
Gifu Sekigahara Battlefield Memorial Museum stands by Tokugawa Ieyasu's final encampment, interpreting the 1600 battle that reshaped political power at the end of the Sengoku era.
TōhokuPublic
Godaido of Zuiganji Temple
Godaido stands on a tiny island in Matsushima Bay, reached by a red openwork bridge whose deliberate gaps slow the crossing before visitors reach the compact, ornately carved temple hall.
HokkaidōPublic
Hachiman-Zaka Slope
Hachiman-Zaka is a broad tree-lined slope in Hakodate's Motomachi district, descending in a straight visual axis toward the port and the preserved ferry Mashu-maru on the waterfront.
Nagoya & Central JapanPublic
Hakuba Goryu Snow Resort
Hakuba Goryu Snow Resort rises above Escal Plaza at the southern end of Hakuba Valley and connects by lifts with Hakuba47, giving skiers access to two linked mountain areas from one base.
HokkaidōPublic
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Sapporo presents modern and contemporary collections with particular attention to artists connected to Hokkaido alongside changing exhibitions.
Tokyo & KantōPublic
Keio Takaosan Onsen Gokurakuyu
Keio Takaosan Onsen Gokurakuyu is a dedicated hot-spring bathing facility beside Takaosanguchi Station, making it a practical onsen stop at the base of Mount Takao after a mountain visit.
Tokyo & KantōPublic
Kinuta Park
Kinuta Park is a large metropolitan park in Setagaya with broad lawns, mature trees, sports areas and the Setagaya Art Museum distributed across a gently rolling, open landscape.
KyushuPublic
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.
Tokyo & KantōPublic
Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens
Kyu-Iwasaki-tei preserves part of the former Tokyo estate of the Iwasaki family, pairing a Western-style mansion with a connected Japanese residence and landscaped garden grounds.
NaraPublic
Muro-ji Temple
Muro-ji Temple occupies a wooded mountainside in Nara, where mossy stone steps, old halls and a compact five-story pagoda create one of the region's distinctive temple landscapes.
OsakaPublic
Nagai Botanical Garden
Nagai Botanical Garden spreads around a central pond in south Osaka, combining mature tree stands, seasonal flower displays and broad garden paths within the wider Nagai Park complex.
Tokyo & KantōPublic
Negishi Forest Park
Negishi Forest Park occupies the landscape of Yokohama's former Negishi Racecourse. Broad rolling lawns and wooded edges make the old sporting ground useful for an unhurried walk today. Traces of the racecourse give the open space a particular history, although access around surviving structures may be restricted; follow the current park guidance rather than assuming those areas are open.
HokkaidōPublic
Odori Park
Odori Park forms a roughly 1.5-kilometer green corridor through central Sapporo, serving as everyday public space and the setting for major seasonal events including the Snow Festival.
OkinawaPublic
Roadside Station Kadena
Roadside Station Kadena combines a standard roadside-stop role with a rooftop observation gallery overlooking the runways of Kadena Air Base from a legal public vantage point.
HokkaidōPublic
Ryugetsu Sweetpia Garden
Ryugetsu Sweetpia Garden in Otofuke combines the confectioner's main factory with its flagship shop, including a viewing corridor that looks down onto parts of the sweets-production process.
Hiroshima, Chūgoku & ShikokuPublic
Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo
Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo stands beside Izumo Taisha and interprets the archaeology, ritual history and mythology of ancient Izumo, Iwami and the Oki region through regional collections.
Nagoya & Central JapanPublic
Shin-Hotaka Ropeway
Shin-Hotaka Ropeway climbs from Okuhida toward the Northern Alps in two stages, with a double-deck gondola on the upper section. The journey changes the scale of the surrounding mountains before reaching the high viewpoint. Check both sections' operation and the weather before traveling, since cloud, wind and seasonal conditions can substantially change the experience.
TōhokuPublic
Tatehana Wharf Morning Market
Tatehana Wharf Morning Market stretches along Hachinohe's fishing wharf as a large Sunday market, bringing seafood, produce and street food together in a working harbor environment.
TōhokuPublic
Towada Art Center
Towada Art Center, opened in 2008, uses individual rooms and outdoor spaces for site-specific contemporary works, integrating the museum with Towada's wider Art and Architecture district.
Hiroshima, Chūgoku & ShikokuPublic
Twenty-Four Eyes Movie Village
Twenty-Four Eyes Movie Village preserves a 1950s-style film set of wooden schoolhouses and shops on Shodoshima's southeast cape, created for screen adaptations of the classic story.