National Historic Site in Japan

Onsen & Wellness

A nostalgic Taisho-era hot-spring town in the Yamagata mountains, lined with wooden inns along a gas-lit river - at its most magical under snow.

Obanazawa · Yamagata

Park & Garden

One of Japan's Three Great Gardens spanning 300 hectares, built in 1842 and renowned for its plum trees and cherry blossoms that bloom seasonally.

Mito · Ibaraki

Temple

Tendai Buddhist temple and National Historic Site, one of the three great temples east of Lake Biwa, with buildings dating to the 17th century.

Higashiomi · Shiga

Historic Site

The fan-shaped island in Nagasaki that was Japan's only opening to the West for more than two centuries, now rebuilt street by street.

Nagasaki

Historic Site

The site of a seventh-century mountain fortress in Kumamoto, built against invasion from the mainland, with four buildings reconstructed.

Yamaga · Kumamoto

Temple

The guest hall of a Shingon temple at Tomonoura, built around 1690, whose view over the Seto Inland Sea a Korean envoy called the finest in Japan.

Fukuyama · Hiroshima

Shrine

This shrine honors Takeda Shingen, a Sengoku-period general remembered for both military prowess and regional development in the domain he ruled.

Kofu · Yamanashi

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