Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
An indoor attraction in Nagoya built around cute poop, with a poop volcano, a glowing path of poop and games from throwing poop to a ride-on cart.
Nagoya · AichiCastle site in central Toyama, founded in 1543, where a 1954 keep holds the city museum of the castle's history and the 1849 Chitose Gate stands.
ToyamaA strolling garden in Kanazawa laid out by the lords of Kaga over two centuries, counted among the Three Great Gardens of Japan.
Kanazawa · IshikawaA park in Sakai, Fukui, where about 150,000 lilies flower in June, with roses in May and October, a lily-shaped dome and a lawn park.
Sakai · FukuiA city museum on the history and culture of Gifu, centered on the Sengoku period and Oda Nobunaga, close to Mt. Kinka and Gifu Castle.
GifuLower shrine of Meotogi Shrine at the head of the Shosenkyo gorge, built around a sacred cypress said to be 800 years old and visited for wishes for children.
Kofu · YamanashiSea of Japan beach in Mikuni, listed among Japan's 100 best sunsets, with shallow water, summer beach huts and winter surfing.
Sakai · FukuiBotanical garden on 25 hectares of hills in Echizen, with more than 3,000 plant species, a sphagnum moss bog and a research herbarium.
Echizen · FukuiA hot spring town on Nanao Bay, said to date back about 1,200 years, with a salty spring that once rose from the sea and a white heron founding legend.
Nanao · IshikawaAmusement park at the foot of Mount Fuji, home to the record-setting roller coasters FUJIYAMA, Eejanaika and Takabisha, and to Thomas Land.
Fujiyoshida · YamanashiA ski area in Yuzawa, Niigata, with 24 courses and night skiing, linked to Kagura Ski Resort by the Dragondola, Japan's longest gondola at 5,481 meters.
Yuzawa · NiigataA Nagoya museum of Japanese export ceramics, with more than 5,000 pieces made for overseas markets in the Meiji and Taisho eras and later brought back to Japan.
Nagoya · AichiA Nagoya museum of Japanese swords, samurai armor and ukiyo-e, opened in 2024, with a collection of about 500 swords that includes a National Treasure tanto.
Nagoya · AichiKanazawa City Hall blends traditional Japanese craftsmanship with modern design across two buildings serving this UNESCO Creative City of 460,000 residents.
Kanazawa · IshikawaHistoric castle rebuilt by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1585 on former Imagawa clan fortifications, now Sunpu Park with reconstructed towers and gates.
ShizuokaShrine in Wajima, Ishikawa, dedicated to Amenofuyukinu no Mikoto and his son Okuninushi, god of nation-building and matchmaking, with subsidiary shrines.
Wajima · IshikawaKakegawa Castle served as a strategic fortress for the Tokugawa vassal clans along the Tokaido highway connecting Kyoto and eastern Japan.
Kakegawa · ShizuokaAichi head shrine of about 3,000 Tsushima shrines across Japan, honouring the deities Gozutenno and Susanoo, with legendary origins in the 3rd century BCE.
Tsushima · Aichi
