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Nagoya & Central JapanPublic

Togakushi Shrine - Okusha

Togakushi Shrine Okusha lies deep in Nagano’s mountain forest, reached by a long approach that passes through an avenue of old cedar trees before climbing toward the inner sanctuary.

Japan Essentials
Check official information45–90 minutes
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Tokyo & KantōPublic

Tokyo Camii & Turkish Culture Center

Tokyo Camii and its Turkish Culture Center bring an Ottoman-style mosque and active Islamic cultural institution to Yoyogi-Uehara, creating a distinctive religious space in central Tokyo.

Japan Essentials
Free45–120 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
From ¥50045–90 minutes
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KyotoPreviewReservation Required

Nintendo Museum

Explore Nintendo's cards, toys and games at its Uji museum.

Retro JapanGaming & ArcadesOtaku Culture
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Tokyo & KantōPublic

Super Potato Akihabara

Super Potato Akihabara fills a specialist retro-game shop with used hardware, cartridges, boxed games and related collectibles. Browsing the shelves reveals how Japanese game packaging and consoles changed across generations. Treat it as an active retailer with variable stock, and check condition, language and hardware compatibility carefully if a particular game or console is the reason for visiting.

Retro JapanGaming & ArcadesOtaku Culture
Free45–90 minutes
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Nagoya & Central JapanPublic

Ainokura Gassho-zukuri Village

Ainokura is a working Gokayama hamlet of about twenty steep-thatched gassho-zukuri farmhouses on a terrace above the Sho River, preserving a compact mountain settlement pattern.

Retro Japan
Check official information60–150 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
Check official information60–120 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
From ¥500120–180 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
From ¥2,600180–300 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
From ¥50090–150 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
Check official information45–90 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
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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.

Japan Essentials
Check official information4–8 hours
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HokkaidōPublic

Historical Village of Hokkaido

Historical Village of Hokkaido gathers relocated and reconstructed buildings into an open-air museum on Sapporo's eastern side. Town, farming and fishing settings show aspects of everyday life during the Meiji and early Showa periods. Compare homes with workplaces as you walk, remembering that the village assembles buildings from different communities rather than preserving one settlement in place.

Retro Japan
From ¥1,000At least 2 hours; about 1 hour for exteriors/highlights only
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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.

Japan Essentials
Check official information60–120 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
Check official information90–180 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
Check official information1.5–3 hours for a representative park visit; longer with museum or sports use.
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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.

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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.

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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.

Japan Essentials
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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.

Japan Essentials
Check official information90–180 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
Free1–2 hours
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Tokyo & KantōPublic

NISSAN CROSSING

NISSAN CROSSING brings Nissan's vehicles and mobility ideas into a showroom setting in Ginza. The displayed cars and presentations change, making it a place to see the brand's current direction rather than a fixed historical collection. Check the present lineup if you have a specific model in mind, or include it as a short design-focused stop while exploring the district.

Cars & Motorsports
Free30–60 minutes
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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.

Japan Essentials
Check official information45–120 minutes
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