Every Place in the Catalogue
82 spots
Chirihama Nagisa Driveway
Little knownChirihama Nagisa Driveway (千里浜なぎさドライブウェイ) is Japan's only beach where you can legally drive a car directly on the sand —…
Wakura Onsen
Little knownWakura Onsen (和倉温泉) is a luxury hot spring resort town on Nanao Bay's western shore, established over 1,200 years ago wh…
Notojima Aquarium
Little knownNotojima Aquarium (のとじま水族館) is located on Notojima Island in Nanao Bay, showcasing the marine life of the Sea of Japan a…
Kutani-yaki Ceramics
Little knownKutani-yaki (九谷焼) is Ishikawa's signature ceramic style known for bold overglaze enamel decoration in five colors: green…
Kumano Nachi Taisha Fire Festival
Little knownThe Nachi-no-Hi Matsuri (那智の火祭り, Nachi Fire Festival), held annually on July 14th, is one of Japan's three great fire fe…
Engetsu Island
Little knownEngetsu Island (円月島, 'full moon island') is a small uninhabited island in Shirahama Bay, famous for its natural rock arc…
Kumano Hongu Taisha
Little knownKumano Hongu Taisha (熊野本宮大社) is the head shrine of the Kumano Sanzan (Three Grand Shrines) and spiritual terminus of the…
Yuasa Soy Sauce Town
Little knownYuasa (湯浅) is a small coastal town credited as the birthplace of Japanese soy sauce (shoyu, 醤油), where Buddhist monks in…
Wakayama Castle
Little knownWakayama Castle (和歌山城) is a hilltop fortress built in 1585 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's brother, later ruled by the powerful…
Yoshino Kuzu Mochi
Little knownYoshino is Japan's premier producer of kuzu (葛, arrowroot starch), a plant-based starch extracted from kudzu vine roots…
Ishigaki Beef
Little knownThe 220 registered Ishigaki beef producers work with roughly 3,000 cattle at any given time, all descended from three fo…
Taketomi Island
Little knownYou'll step into a world where utility trucks still honk before navigating lanes barely wide enough for bicycles. Taketo…
Iwami Tatamigaura
Locally knownIn 1872 the Hamada earthquake lifted a section of sea floor about a metre out of the water, and it has stayed there. The…
Fujido Cave
Locally knownUeno is the least populated municipality in Gunma, deep in the mountains on the Saitama border, and Fujido is the reason…
Kiryu Shinmachi Historic District
Locally knownKiryu made silk cloth for a thousand years and industrialised early, and the town still shows it. Honcho 1-chome and 2-c…
Chatsubomigoke Park
Locally knownAt the far western edge of Nakanojo, in a basin formed by eruptions of Kusatsu-Shirane, warm acidic springs seep out of…
Yunishigawa Onsen
Locally knownThe story Yunishigawa tells about itself is that survivors of the Taira clan, beaten at Dan-no-ura in 1185, fled into th…
Ushiku Chateau
Locally knownKamiya Denbei made his money on Denki Bran, the brandy-based liqueur still served at his bar in Asakusa, and in 1903 he…
Tainoura
Locally knownSea bream are deep-water fish that do not normally school at the surface. In the bay at Kominato they do, in numbers, an…
Kehi Jingu
Locally knownThe great torii at Kehi Jingu is 10.9 metres high, built of wood, and is counted with Kasuga Taisha in Nara and Itsukush…
Zunda Mochi
Locally knownZunda mochi represents Sendai and Miyagi Prefecture's most distinctive sweet, a beloved confection where mochi rice cake…
Sendai Pageant of Starlight
Locally knownThe Sendai Pageant of Starlight transforms the city's main boulevards into a glittering wonderland each December, when s…
Akiu Great Falls (Akiu Otaki)
Locally knownAkiu Great Falls ranks among Japan's three most famous waterfalls, a powerful 55-meter cascade where the Natori River pl…
Shikoku Mura Village Museum
Locally knownShikoku Mura Village Museum preserves over thirty traditional buildings relocated from throughout Shikoku Island, creati…
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