Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
A sumo show for overseas visitors in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, where wrestlers explain the sport in English and Japanese and guests step into the ring.
TokyoA hot spring resort with documented origins dating to 720, Kinosaki Onsen draws visitors for its mineral-rich thermal waters and mountainside views.
Toyoka · HyogoAn 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 · AichiA small ninja house in Kabukicho where visitors throw iron shuriken, draw a wooden sword and hunt for the tricks built into the walls.
TokyoThe lowest of the three mountains of Dewa in Yamagata, climbed by a stone stair through old cedars, with a five-storey pagoda that is a National Treasure.
Tsuruoka · YamagataTokyo's largest Hachiman shrine, established in 1627, holds historical significance as the birthplace of Kanjin-zumo, a precursor to modern Grand Sumo.
TokyoRikugien Garden is one of Tokyo's two great daimyo gardens, with 88 scenic spots recreating famous landscapes celebrated in Japanese poetry.
TokyoIshikawa shrine dedicated to Amenofuyukinu no Mikoto and his son Okuninushi, the Shinto god of nation-building and matchmaking, with subsidiary shrines on the grounds.
Wajima · IshikawaKakegawa Castle served as a strategic fortress for the Tokugawa vassal clans along the Tokaido highway connecting Kyoto and eastern Japan.
Kakegawa · ShizuokaTendai Buddhist temple with National Treasures and a designated scenic garden, featuring ancient Asuka-period Buddhist paintings discovered on interior pillars in 2020.
Kora · ShigaHead shrine of a nationwide network of about 3,000 Tsushima temples, worshipping the deities Gozutenno and Susanoo with legendary origins in the third century BCE.
Tsushima · AichiVast shrine complex of 125 shrines dedicated to Amaterasu-Omikami and Toyo'uke-no-Omikami, conducting over 1,500 annual rituals for imperial prosperity and peace.
Ise · MieShinto shrine housing the original grave of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun, and considered the oldest Tosho-gu shrine in Japan.
ShizuokaThis temple, the head of the Dainichi sect, was founded in 1197 on the grounds of the Ashikaga clan residence and is designated a National Historic Site.
Ashikaga · TochigiThis shrine enshrines Amaterasu Omikami and Toyoukebime, along with five other Shinto deities including Ninigi-no-Mikoto and Ame-no-Tajikarao.
Miyakonojo · MiyazakiDiscover Oshio Hachiman Shrine - Ancient 9th-century shrine with Muromachi period worship hall, beautiful gardens & samurai protection. Visit today.
Echizen · FukuiMausoleum of Masamune Date, the founder of Sendai Domain, situated near Sendai Castle and part of a designated historic Date Family Cemetery.
Sendai · MiyagiUNESCO-recognized villages showcasing gassho-zukuri farmhouses with distinctive steep thatched roofs, maintained through collective community traditions.
Shirakawa · Gifu
