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KINOSAKI ONSEN CABLE CAR
Kinosaki
Natural site to discover
The Kinosaki cable car takes 7 minutes to reach the top of Mount Daichi, ...Read more
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NAKANOSHIMA MUSEUM OF ART
Ōsaka
General museum
Opening on February 2, 2022, the Nakanoshima Museum of Art boasts an ...Read more
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OKUMURA COMMÉMORATIVE MUSEUM
Nara
Tourist office
This free museum is in fact a tourist information office rich in brochures ...Read more
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HAIDEN TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
This rooftop prayer room allows to invoke the dragon god of the source. On ...Read more
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GOJUNOTO PAGODA
Kyoto
Pagoda to visit
It dates from 951 and is, it is said, the oldest building in Japan in the ...Read more
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BUREAU DU TOURISME
Ōtsu
Tourist office
You will find documentation, many in Japanese, a little in English. Some ...Read more
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TOURISM EXCHANGE DIVISION
Wakayama
Tourist office
In 2014, the fabulous Wakayama region celebrated its 1st anniversary. The ...Read more
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KOKURITSU MINZOKUGAKU HAKUBUTSUKAN (NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY)
Ōsaka
Museums
Beautiful building designed and built by Kishō Kurokawa. This museum ...Read more
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JODO-IN TEMPLE
Uji
Temple to visit
This temple was originally a Amidiste temple of the Tendai sect during the ...Read more
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HOKAI-JI TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
This is the old residence of a noble, Sukenari Hino. The construction of ...Read more
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HOJU-IN TEMPLE
Kyoto
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
This treasures hall contains drawings, rolls, calligraphy, sculptures, a ...Read more
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KEISHUN-IN TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
Built in 1632, this secondary temple contains a famous Sōan tea pavilion ...Read more
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NARA ART MUSEUM
Nara
Fine arts museum
The museum houses a beautiful collection of Chinese bronzes Yin and Chou, ...Read more
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CHISHAKU-IN TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
Passing through Higashiōji-dōri, this temple was founded in 1598 by ...Read more
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NIJO JINYA SHRINE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
In the th century, this house housed the daimyō who came to pay homage to ...Read more
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FUREAI-KAN - MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF TRADITIONAL INDUSTRY
Kyoto
Specialized museum
There are most of the crafts that are reproduced in Kyōto and its ...Read more
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JOSHO-JI TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
Temple that is associated with Taiyū Yoshino, Shimabara's courtesan known ...Read more
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EN'OKU HAKKOKAN
Kyoto
Fine arts museum
This temple, transformed into a museum of Philosophy, has beautiful Chinese ...Read more
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YAMATO REKISHIKAN (YAMATO MUSEUM)
Yamato-Yagi
Museums
In this museum, it is possible to understand the thesis of protohistoire, ...Read more
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UJIGAMI-JINJA
Uji
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
We reach the other side of the river through bridges that pass through the ...Read more
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ŌSAKA FURITSU CHIKATSU-ASUKA HAKUBUTSUKAN
Tachikui
Museums
The museum was designed by Tadao Andō and evokes the graves and tumulus of ...Read more
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ANRAKU-JI TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
Small temple built by followers of Shōnin Hōnen, founder of the Secte ...Read more
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MIMIZUKA SHRINE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
This site is a species of mound built a stone stupa commemorating the ...Read more
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GODAI-DO TEMPLE
Kyoto
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
A chapel dedicated to the Myō O, deities of esoteric Buddhism. You can see ...Read more
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SAMPO-IN TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
It can be seen immediately that this temple is part of the five secondary ...Read more
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YAKUSHI-DO TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
This is the oldest building in the whole Daigo-ji. Famous for its ...Read more
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HANAMI-KOJI
Kyoto
Street square and neighborhood to visit
One of the most famous streets of Kyōto, by the beauty of the tea houses, ...Read more
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KOKURITSU KINDAI BIJUTSUKAN - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Kyoto
Fine arts museum
The Museum of Modern Art was designed by the famous Japanese architect ...Read more
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SHOKOKU-JI TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
Temple of the sect Rinzai founded in 1392 by Yoshimitsu Ashikaga ...Read more
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TEMPLE TOJI-IN
Kyoto
Temple to visit
Founded in 1341 by Takauji Ashikaga, the temple became the burial temple of ...Read more
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JOJAKKO-JI TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
During the Momoyama and Edo periods, the Fuju-Fuse sect, radically attached ...Read more
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OKOCHI SANSO
Kyoto
Parks and gardens
Gardens and tea pavilions of a movie star who played samurai roles in the ...Read more
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RAKUSHIDA HERMITAGE
Kyoto
Places associated with famous people to visit
This pretty rustic hermitage was inhabited by a haiku poet, Kyōrai Mukai ...Read more
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SEIRYO-JI TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
Seiryo-ji is a famous Buddhist temple, in which one enters a two-story ...Read more
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FUJITA ART MUSEUM
Ōsaka
Museums
The museum contains a large collection of Chinese and Japanese art objects ...Read more
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BUREAU DU TOURISME
Hikone
Tourist office
Maps can be purchased, especially for bicycle rides around the lake.There ...Read more
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JURIN-IN TEMPLE
Nara
Religious buildings
This small temple located in the city center of Nara was previously part of ...Read more
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TACHIBANA-JI
Asuka
Temple to visit
West of the Oka-dera, Tachibana-ji is the temple founded by Prince Shōtoku ...Read more
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NINTOKU TENNO-RYO
Tachikui
Memorial to visit
Imperial grave of the emperor Nintoku (290-399!). The mausoleum is the ...Read more
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PHOENIX PLAZA
Kobe
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
A permanent exhibition is devoted to the earthquake. Unfortunately, most of ...Read more
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TAKAMATSU-ZUKA
Asuka
Monuments to visit
This winery, discovered in 1972, is closed to the public. On the other ...Read more
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TOSHODAI-JI TEMPLE
Nara
Temple to visit
Situated in the city centre, this monastery was created in 759 by the ...Read more
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SHIN-YAKUSHI-JI TEMPLE
Nara
Temple to visit
Temple of the Healing Buddha, it was built in 747 by Empress Kōmyō as ...Read more
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OJO GOKURAKU-IN
Ohara
Temple to visit
Located in Sanzenin, this is the oldest temple in the surrounding area, but ...Read more
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SHINJU-AN TEMPLE
Kyoto
Temple to visit
Founded by Ikkyū, this temple has gardens attributed to Shukō Murata, the ...Read more
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NOMURA BIJUTSUKAN - ART MUSEUM
Kyoto
Specialized museum
Museum of contemporary architecture exhibiting objects of the tea ceremony, ...Read more