Hidden Gems Across Japan
1,610 spots
Owakudani Valley
Owakudani (大涌谷, 'Great Boiling Valley') is an active volcanic valley where sulfurous fumes vent from fissures in the roc…
Lake Ashi
Lake Ashi formed when Mt. Kamiyama erupted roughly 3,000 years back, collapsing part of the mountain and damming the Hay…
Yuigahama Beach
Yuigahama Beach (由比ヶ浜) is Kamakura's main swimming beach, a 900-meter crescent of sand facing Sagami Bay with views to E…
Enoshima Island
Enoshima (江の島) is a small island (0.4km²) connected to the Shonan coast by a 600-meter bridge, crowned with shrines, bot…
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu (鶴岡八幡宮) is Kamakura's most important Shinto shrine, dedicated to Hachiman (god of warriors and pat…
Hasedera Temple
Hasedera Temple (長谷寺) is a hillside Buddhist temple famous for its 9.18-meter wooden statue of Kannon (11-faced Goddess…
Great Buddha of Kamakura
The Great Buddha of Kamakura (鎌倉大仏, Kamakura Daibutsu) is a 13.35-meter-tall bronze statue of Amida Buddha weighing 121…
Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
The Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum (新横浜ラーメン博物館) is part food court, part cultural museum — a basement complex recreating 195…
Sankeien Garden
Sankeien Garden (三溪園) is a sprawling 175,000-square-meter traditional Japanese garden created by silk merchant Tomitaro…
Cup Noodles Museum
The Cup Noodles Museum (カップヌードルミュージアム) chronicles the invention of instant ramen by Nissin founder Momofuku Ando, who in…
Minato Mirai 21
Minato Mirai 21 (みなとみらい21, 'Harbor of the Future') is Yokohama's iconic waterfront district featuring modern skyscrapers…
Yokohama Chinatown
Yokohama Chinatown (横浜中華街, Yokohama Chukagai) is Japan's largest Chinatown, home to over 600 shops and restaurants packe…
Tokyo Coffee Culture
Tokyo's coffee culture has evolved from 1970s kissaten (喫茶店, retro cafes) to 2000s-2010s third-wave specialty coffee — s…
Tokyo Sushi
Edomae sushi (江戸前鮨) developed in the 1800s in Tokyo (then called Edo) as fast food for workers — rice and fish pressed t…
Shibuya Parco
Shibuya Parco (渋谷パルコ) is a 10-floor fashion and culture complex rebuilt in 2019, blending streetwear boutiques, art gall…
Tokyo Yakatabune
Yakatabune (屋形船) are low-slung wooden boats with tatami floors and sliding paper windows that have been hauling partying…
Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower (東京タワー) is a 333-meter red-and-white communications tower completed in 1958, inspired by the Eiffel Tower bu…
Yoyogi Park
Yoyogi Park (代々木公園) is Tokyo's fifth-largest park (134 acres) and the city's most socially active green space. The park'…
Tokyo Skytree
Tokyo Skytree punches through the skyline at 634 meters (2,080 feet) — the tallest tower on the planet, though locals wi…
Tokyo Izakaya Culture
Izakaya (居酒屋) are Japanese gastropubs — casual drinking establishments serving small plates (yakitori, edamame, fried ch…
Odaiba Seaside Park
Odaiba (お台場) is a man-made island in Tokyo Bay, developed in the 1990s-2000s as a futuristic entertainment district with…
Ueno Park
Ueno Park (上野恩賜公園, Ueno Onshi Koen) is Tokyo's largest public park (133 acres), housing five major museums, a zoo, shrin…
teamLab Borderless
Walking into teamLab Borderless (チームラボボーダレス) feels like stepping through a screen into someone's fever dream. The space…
Tokyo Ramen
Tokyo-style ramen (東京ラーメン) is characterized by shoyu (soy sauce) broth — clear, savory, and balanced — served with mediu…
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