Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
Science museum in Gifu run by the city, with hands-on exhibits on science, nature and astronomy, a planetarium, an observatory and regular science shows.
GifuMuseum by Lake Kawaguchi with more than 2,000 gemstones from around the world, shown as rough, cut stones and jewellery, and a 1.8 m quartz crystal.
Fujikawaguchiko · YamanashiZoo and cactus garden in Ito with about 150 kinds of animals and 1,500 kinds of cacti, where capybaras first took winter hot baths in 1982.
Ito · ShizuokaJapan's highest peak and a UNESCO-designated sacred volcano, open to climbers during the official season from early July to 10 September.
Known as the oldest surviving insect museum in Japan, opened in 1919 in a brick building by Takeda Goichi in Gifu Park.
GifuAmusement park on the Sea of Japan coast in Fukui with one of Japan's largest resort pools, rides, a dinosaur trail and an auto campsite.
Sakai · FukuiAmusement park at about 1,200 meters at the foot of Mount Fuji, with athletic courses on a lake, a zipline, M78 Ultraman Park and Sylvanian Village.
Susono · ShizuokaA park in a Nagano mountain valley where wild Japanese macaques bathe in a hot spring built for them, reached by a 1.6 km forest trail.
Yamanouchi · NaganoA teahouse quarter in Kanazawa laid out in 1820, where rows of latticed teahouse buildings form a nationally selected preservation district.
Kanazawa · IshikawaA Shinto shrine in Iwase, the port district of Toyama, that holds the Iwase Hikiyama Festival with its clashing floats each spring.
ToyamaA Shinto shrine on Shiroyama in Takayama to the mountain god Oyamakui no Kami, said to date from 1141 and home of the spring Takayama Festival.
Takayama · GifuHot spring town with over 1,300 years of history and nine public baths fed by natural springs, each believed to bring its own distinct health benefits.
Yamanouchi · NaganoFolk museum in a restored Edo-period granary, a ninja museum of the Togakure-ryu school and a ninja trick house, together on one site in Togakushi, Nagano.
NaganoA daimyo stroll garden in Kanazawa Castle Park, first laid out by the Maeda lords in 1634, with a waterfall set into a patterned stone wall, rebuilt in 2015.
Kanazawa · IshikawaCastle ruins in Tokoname, a city historic site preserved as Shiroyama Park, with a shrine to the Saji clan and an observation deck over Ise Bay.
Tokoname · AichiA 220-hectare ski area in the Hakuba Valley, opened in 1928, with 16 courses, a longest run of 8,000 meters and the 1998 Nagano Olympic downhill courses.
Hakuba · NaganoThis museum in a historic red-brick textile factory traces Toyota's evolution from textile company to global automobile manufacturer.
Nagoya · AichiTsuzawa Andon Museum displays lantern floats in a permanent exhibition and regularly hosts lantern painting activities for visitor participation.
Oyabe · Toyama
