Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
A preserved thatched-roof village in Kyoto with 39 original houses built during the Edo and Meiji periods, designated an Important Preservation District.
Nantan · KyotoFuture Train on Kyoto's Umekoji viaduct is Japan's first restaurant on a disused railway, featuring a repurposed Limited Express Thunderbird train car.
KyotoShrine commemorating Japan's mythical founding, erected on the sacred site where Emperor Jinmu established his palace approximately 2,680 years ago.
Kashihara · NaraA museum preserving the tradition of Tango Futamata Paper, a handmade Japanese washi used in temple and shrine restoration.
Fukuchiyama · KyotoOver 1,100-year-old Buddhist temple complex and head temple of the Daigo branch of Shingon Buddhism, centered on an ancient natural spring.
KyotoShrine to Izanagi and Izanami, the creator couple of Japanese myth, prayed to for long life, with a garden said to come from a gift by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Taga · ShigaHeian-period temple on Lake Biwa in Otsu, the Floating Temple, built for Amida Butsu and the lake's safety, with an Important Cultural Property statue.
Otsu · ShigaA ninja village attraction area at Nijigen no Mori on Awaji Island, based on NARUTO and BORUTO, with scroll missions and an 11 meter Hokage Rock.
Awaji · HyogoA museum of reproductions cast directly from sculptures in the Louvre, which approved it as a sister museum in 1986.
Tsu · MiePrivately run museum near Himeji holding about 90,000 toys from 160 countries and regions, displayed in six traditional storehouse buildings.
Himeji · HyogoOne of Japan's largest railway museums, holding 54 vehicles from steam locomotives to shinkansen, among them the first Series 0 shinkansen car.
KyotoJapan's first open-air museum, opened in 1956, with 12 farmhouses from across the country built between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Toyonaka · OsakaOne of Japan's largest goldfish museums, with about 40 varieties of goldfish swimming in art installations of light, mirrors and projection mapping.
NaraA tuna-themed seafood market in Wakayama Marina City with a daily tuna cutting show, a seafood food court, a barbecue and a tuna buffet.
WakayamaAmusement park in Kuwana, Mie, home to Steel Dragon 2000, the longest roller coaster in Japan, and Hakugei, the first hybrid coaster in Asia.
Kuwana · MieTerminus of the Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa, known for its cat stationmasters, a shrine to Tama on the platform and a station building shaped like a cat face.
Kinokawa · Wakayamaumie MOSAIC, a waterfront shopping and dining mall with a Ferris wheel in the Harborland district of Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo.
Kobe · HyogoAgricultural park in Shiga offering flower gardens, hands-on farming activities, farm animal interactions, seasonal events, and a dog park for family visitors.
Hino · Shiga
