Every Place in the Catalogue

Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel

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The Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel (関門トンネル人道) is a 780-meter underwater walkway connecting Honshu (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi) and…

Hagi Yaki Pottery

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Hagi-yaki (萩焼) is one of Japan's Seven Ancient Kilns, producing pottery prized in tea ceremony for over 400 years. The s…

Akiyoshido Cave

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Akiyoshido Cave (秋芳洞) is Japan's most extensive limestone cave system, with 10.7km of surveyed passages of which 1km is…

Tsunoshima Bridge

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Tsunoshima Bridge (角島大橋) is a 1,780-meter toll-free bridge connecting Honshu to tiny Tsunoshima Island, arcing over wate…

Yumeji Seika Museum

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The Yumeji Seika Museum (夢二生家記念館, Yumeji Seika Kinenkan) preserves the birthplace and childhood home of Takehisa Yumeji…

Okayama White Peaches

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Okayama Prefecture is Japan's premier white peach (白桃, hakutou) producer, cultivating some of the world's most expensive…

Kibi Dango

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Kibi dango (吉備団子) is Okayama's most iconic confection, a soft mochi-like sweet made from millet (kibi) flour, rice, suga…

Okayama Castle

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Okayama Castle (岡山城, Okayama-jō), nicknamed 'Crow Castle' (烏城, U-jō) for its striking black exterior, stands as one of J…

Hiroshima

Fukuyama Castle

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Fukuyama Castle (福山城) is a reconstructed feudal castle in central Fukuyama City, originally built in 1622 by Mizuno Kats…

Hiroshima

Tomonoura Port

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Tomonoura (鞆の浦) is a historic fishing port on Hiroshima's southeastern coast, renowned as the inspiration for Hayao Miya…

Hiroshima

Onomichi Ramen

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Onomichi ramen (尾道ラーメン) is a distinctive local ramen style characterized by soy sauce-based broth (shoyu), flat noodles,…

Tochigi

Oya History Museum

The Oya History Museum is built into a former underground stone quarry where Oya Stone — a light, porous volcanic tuff u…

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Tochigi

Mashiko Pottery Town

Mashiko is a pottery town 100 kilometers north of Tokyo that became the spiritual center of Japan's mingei (folk craft)…

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Ibaraki

Ajigaura Beach

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Ajigaura Beach is a 4-kilometer stretch of sandy coastline facing the open Pacific, known as one of Kanto's best surf br…

Ibaraki

Oarai Aquarium

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Aqua World Oarai is one of Japan's largest aquariums, specializing in sharks (54 species, the most of any aquarium in Ja…

Fukui

Sotomo Crags

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The Sotomo coast (蘇洞門) on the Uchikoshi Peninsula in northern Wakasa Bay is a 6-kilometer stretch of sheer granite and a…

Yamanashi

Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine

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Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine has served as the traditional starting point for Mt. Fuji pilgrimages via the Yoshida…

Toyama City Night View from Kureha Hills

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The Kureha Hills (呉羽山, Kureha-yama) on Toyama City's western edge offer sweeping panoramic views across Toyama City, Toy…

Toyama Black Ramen

Toyama Black Ramen (富山ブラックラーメン) is an intensely salty, soy-sauce-heavy ramen style created in post-war Toyama as fuel fo…

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Toyama Sushi

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Toyama Bay is renowned as Japan's 'natural fish preserve' — a unique underwater topography where depths plunge to 1,000+…

Kurobe Dam

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Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム) is Japan's tallest dam at 186 meters, an engineering marvel completed in 1963 after a 7-year construct…

Gifu

Gujo Hachiman

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Gujo Hachiman (郡上八幡) is a castle town built on spring water — over 100 natural springs flow through the streets in open…

Nagano

Hotaka Mountain Range