Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
Ainokura village features 20 traditional gassho-style houses, some over 400 years old, with distinctive steep roofs designed to shed snow in the UNESCO-listed Gokayama region.
Nanto · ToyamaNestled at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Sylvanian Village offers attractions including Sky Cycling and an immersive life-size Milk Rabbit family home.
Susono · ShizuokaOtayamachi is a bustling shopping district in Takaoka that serves as a popular venue for the city's festivals and events.
Takaoka · ToyamaThis Nagano museum is dedicated to Katsushika Hokusai's late works created during his final years in Obuse, when he produced his most ambitious pieces.
Obuse · NaganoToyama Grand Plaza is an all-weather open-air atrium that serves as a versatile event venue with shopping and rental space.
ToyamaThis Himi shopping arcade brings manga characters to life through sensor-triggered statues that respond to visitors with humorous remarks.
Himi · ToyamaIshikawa shrine dedicated to Amenofuyukinu no Mikoto and his son Ōkuninushi, the Shinto god of nation-building and matchmaking, with subsidiary shrines on the grounds.
Wajima · IshikawaShinto shrine dedicated to Hachiman Okami, Amaterasu Omikami the sun goddess, and Sarutahiko Okami the god of guidance, with smaller shrines on the precinct grounds.
Kanazawa · IshikawaKanazawa shrine founded over 1250 years ago and dedicated to Hachiman, serving as a place of prayer for local lords and counted among the city's five great shrines.
Kanazawa · IshikawaHead shrine of a nationwide network of about 3,000 Tsushima temples, worshipping the deities Gozutennō and Susanoo with legendary origins in the third century BCE.
Tsushima · AichiScience museum with interactive exhibitions covering nature, technology, space and more, featuring a planetarium, rooftop telescope, and regular science demonstrations.
GifuGeisha district in Kanazawa preserving traditional chaya houses and restaurants along the riverside, designated a cultural asset in 2008.
Kanazawa · IshikawaShinto shrine housing the original grave of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun, and considered the oldest Tōshō-gū shrine in Japan.
ShizuokaYamamachi preserves traditional merchant buildings and streetscapes from its history, designated a National Important Traditional Building Group in 2000.
Takaoka · ToyamaThis shrine venerates the god of agriculture and prosperity, featuring traditional architecture, serene gardens, and a distinctive merchant-donated gate.
Sakai · FukuiThis Shizuoka zoo showcases 1,500 cacti species and 140 animals, famously hosting capybara hot baths, a winter-only attraction discovered in 1982.
Ito · ShizuokaVisitors to this Yamanashi fruit park can pick and taste varieties of fresh produce while enjoying the scenic grounds, plus a restaurant and petting zoo.
YamanashiThis mountain castle in Kofu served as the Takeda clan's primary stronghold, reaching its height under the celebrated strategist Takeda Shingen from 1541.
Kofu · Yamanashi
