Tokyo & KantōPreview
Kusatsu Onsen
Explore the steaming Yubatake and choose a bathhouse for a visit to the hot-spring town of Kusatsu.
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Kobe & HyōgoPublic
Kobe Animal Kingdom
Planted greenhouse spaces and outdoor habitats shape a visit to Kobe Animal Kingdom on Port Island. Its origins as a flower-and-bird park remain visible in the way vegetation surrounds the animal displays. Build the visit around observing those environments, then use the day's program to choose any demonstrations you want to see.
Tokyo & KantōPreview
Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
Look beyond the counters at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi's entrance lions, central hall and department-store heritage.
HokkaidōPreview
Tanukikoji Shopping Street
Follow Tanukikoji's covered blocks for food, shopping and a close-up view of central Sapporo's commercial life.
OsakaPublic
Tennoji Zoo
Tennoji Zoo places animal habitats within one of Osaka's busiest urban sightseeing areas, beside Tennoji Park and Shinsekai. Its African Savanna Zone and other habitat-based displays encourage visitors to consider the environments animals live in. Give the zoo its own portion of the day before continuing into the surrounding park or shopping streets.
Hiroshima, Chūgoku & ShikokuPreview
Dogo Onsen Main Building
Choose a bathing course at Dogo Onsen's historic Main Building and experience its restored interior spaces.
Nagoya & Central JapanPreview
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
Explore dinosaur skeletons and fossil research in Katsuyama, where regional discoveries inform a major natural-history museum.
Tokyo & KantōPreview
Miraikan
Use Miraikan's science exhibits and globe-shaped Geo-Cosmos to explore questions about Earth and our shared future.
HokkaidōPreview
Sapporo TV Tower
Look along Odori Park from Sapporo TV Tower and see how the city's central streets fit together.
KyotoPreview
Heian Shrine
Vermilion halls evoke old Kyoto; the Shin'en garden offers a different, quieter circuit.
Hiroshima, Chūgoku & ShikokuPreview
Matsuyama Castle
Climb to an original castle keep above Matsuyama's streets and stone defenses.
HokkaidōPreview
Shikisai-no-Oka
Biei's striped flower fields spread across open hills below the Tokachi mountains.
Hiroshima, Chūgoku & ShikokuPreview
Adachi Museum of Art
See garden compositions through museum windows, then turn to modern Japanese painting.
Nagoya & Central JapanPreview
Daio Wasabi Farm
Follow spring-fed wasabi beds and water wheels in Azumino's farm landscape.
Tokyo & KantōPreview
Odaiba Marine Park
Walk Odaiba's sandy bayfront for views of Rainbow Bridge and central Tokyo.
OsakaPreview
Rinku Premium Outlets
Shop at Rinku Town near Kansai Airport, with open-air walks by the bay.
Nagoya & Central JapanPreview
Nagashima Spa Land
Choose coaster thrills or family rides at the amusement-park core of Nagashima Resort.
Tokyo & KantōPublic
Hibiya Park
Hibiya Park layers formal flower beds and tree-lined paths over a site with surviving Edo Castle stonework. The contrast between landscaped public space and the surrounding government and business districts gives a central-Tokyo walk historical depth. Consult the park's current access notices when choosing a route, since renewal work can restrict parts of the grounds.
OsakaPreview
Namba Parks
Follow Namba Parks' planted terraces above the shops near Nankai Namba.
Hiroshima, Chūgoku & ShikokuPublic
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.
Hiroshima, Chūgoku & ShikokuPreview
Ritsurin Garden
Move from pond to pond through Ritsurin's pine-framed views beneath Mount Shiun.
Tokyo & KantōPublic
Shiba Park
Shiba Park's green spaces spread around Zōjō-ji and the approaches to Tokyo Tower. Paths, lawns and older historic features sit among roads and temple grounds, so the park is best explored as several connected sections. Choose a route through the sections that interest you, with separate time for a temple visit or tower admission.
Hiroshima, Chūgoku & ShikokuPreview
Katsura Beach (Katsurahama)
See Kochi's Pacific shoreline and the Ryōma statue at Katsurahama.
TōhokuPreview
Hasshoku Center
Browse Hachinohe seafood stalls, then consider grilling a market purchase.