Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
On a quiet hillside in rural Chiba, around thirty retired railway carriages have been preserved, including several that survive nowhere else in Japan.
Isumi · ChibaAmusement park featuring Jewellumination, the Kanto's grandest nighttime spectacle, with the Starlight Bandit roller coaster and panoramic Ferris wheel.
Inagi · TokyoThe first permanent outdoor Pokémon park, at Yomiuriland, with over 600 Pokémon across two zones: a forest trail and a town, each shown in their habitats.
TokyoTendai temple in the Kawasaki hills, known as the azalea temple for the 2,000 shrubs that colour its slopes each spring, and for its healing prayers.
Kawasaki · KanagawaA wooded park in Kimitsu, where light entering an old river tunnel meets its reflection to form a heart on the water, best seen at dawn near the equinox.
Kimitsu · ChibaA shrine in Ichihara with an unusual tradition: expectant mothers borrow a small purse left unstitched at the base, for an easy birth.
Ichihara · ChibaA dark stand of old evergreens at the top of a steep stone stairway in Sosa, where one great tree spreads roots like boards across the forest floor.
Sosa · ChibaA small, charming Inari shrine in Kawasaki, guarded by 108 stone foxes and ringed with Fuji lava - a postwar branch of Kyoto's Fushimi Inari.
Kawasaki · KanagawaFounded in 1590 in Kawagoe, Kumano Shrine honours the Kumano deities and the yatagarasu crow, drawing visitors seeking fortune, love, and protection.
Kawagoe · SaitamaA vast seaside park in Ibaraki that changes colour with the seasons - blue nemophila hills in spring, scarlet kochia in autumn.
Hitachinaka · IbarakiA classical Chinese garden tucked behind Kawasaki Daishi, gifted by the city of Shenyang, with seasonal pavilions and free admission.
Kawasaki · KanagawaA thousand-year-old shrine in central Kawasaki dedicated to victory and harmony, and home to the Kawasaki Sanno Festival.
Kawasaki · KanagawaA forest park in central Kawasaki where a rare ancient oak wood, a working rice paddy, and a buried Yayoi settlement sit on top of one another.
Kawasaki · KanagawaKawasaki Keiba is one of Tokyo's most beginner-friendly racecourses - part racing venue, part public park, with a food court and infield playground.
Kawasaki · KanagawaShrine in Motohakone, Hakone, Kanagawa, founded in 757 on the shores of Lake Ashi and known for the Heiwa no Torii, a red torii gate standing in the lake.
Hakone · KanagawaTendai temple in the Nagao Hills of Kawasaki, known as the hydrangea temple for the 1,000 shrubs that fill its grounds each June, with a June festival.
Kawasaki · KanagawaA small, free museum near Kawasaki Station on the history of Kawasaki Shuku, the Edo-period post town on the old Tokaido highway between Edo and Kyoto.
Kawasaki · KanagawaRemains of a castle first built in 1457 in Kawagoe, where the preserved Honmaru Goten residence holds exhibits on feudal-era architecture and history.
Kawagoe · Saitama
