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TAKKOKU NO IWAYA TEMPLE (BISHAMONDO)
Temple to visit
Designated a National Historic Site by the Japanese government, this temple ...Read more
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MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF TONO
Museums
This museum gives a good overview of Tono's traditions. It is the place to ...Read more
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FUKUSENJI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
Located 8.5 km northeast of the station, this temple, founded in 1912, is ...Read more
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GOHYAKU RAKAN
Columns and statues to see
Three kilometers southwest of Tōno, near the small shrine Unedori-jinja, ...Read more
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AOYAGI - THE SAMURAI HOUSE-MUSEUM
Museums
This house, built in 1860, now houses several small museums, each with its ...Read more
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SENSHU PARK
Parks and gardens
The park is famous for its flora, mainly azaleas and cherry trees. A hill ...Read more
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AKITA AKARENGA RED BRICK FOLK MUSEUM
Mansion to visit
Built during the Meiji period, this red and white brick building was the ...Read more
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REMAINS OF SANNAI MARUYAMA
Site of archaeology crafts and science and technology
Sannai Maruyama is an archaeological site that shows the techniques of ...Read more
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HIROSAKI CASTLE
Monuments to visit
At the end of the 16th century, the region was under the control of the ...Read more
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SALT ROAD (SHIO-NO-MICHI)
Site of archaeology crafts and science and technology
This route allowed the salt from the sea from Japan to Matsumoto to be ...Read more
Hakuba
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KITAMUKI KANNON TEMPLE
Temple to visit
Built in the 9th century in honor of Yakuyoke Kannon, a Buddhist deity who ...Read more
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HONJIN AND WAKI-HONJIN
Mansion to visit
These magnificent mansions of former notables are fine examples of ...Read more
Tsumago
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SANMACHI SUJI
Street square and neighborhood to visit
This name designates the district of the old city, with its streets made up ...Read more
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FUJII FOLK ART MUSEUM
Museums
The museum is housed in a former warehouse built of Japanese cypress in the ...Read more
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KUSAKABE FOLK ART MUSEUM
Places associated with famous people to visit
The Kusakabe family was a family of rich merchants and financiers of the ...Read more
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HIDA MINZOKU MURA
Ecomuseum
This folk village is an open-air museum where one can admire about thirty ...Read more
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TAKAYAMA MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART
Museums
This free museum is located around the gardens. Visitors can explore ...Read more
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WADA RESIDENCE
Museums
This house-museum, with its traditional Gassho-Zukuri architecture, dates ...Read more
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MYOZEN-JI TEMPLE
Mansion to visit
It is the largest temple in the village. The main hall, the kitchen and the ...Read more
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GASSHOZUKURI MINKAEN OPEN AIR MUSEUM
Museums
This open-air museum includes 26 traditional buildings from the region and ...Read more
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KIMONO CENTER KAGA YUZEN
Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center
This is where you will learn all about silk dyeing(yūzen) and the ...Read more
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VILLA SEISONKAKU
Mansion to visit
This villa was built in 1863 by the 13th Maeda (Nariyasu Maeda) for his ...Read more
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OHI CERAMIC MUSEUM
Museums
Ohi ceramics, with 350 years of history, does not use a wheel. It is formed ...Read more
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TOYOTA INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM
Museums
The Toyota Industry and Technology Memorial Museum is housed in the old ...Read more
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OZE UKAI (CORMORANTS)
Local history and culture
Oze no Sato is located in the idyllic setting of Oku Nagara River ...Read more
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SHOHO-JI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
This temple is located about one kilometer from Gifu-Kōen. Inside it, one ...Read more
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OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL ART MUSEUM
Museums
This museum displays collectibles representing local art, such as Bizen ...Read more
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BIZEN TOGEI BIJUTSUKAN (POTTERY MUSEUM)
Museums
In this museum located near the train station, you will see old and new ...Read more
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SHIZUTANI SCHOOL (SHIZUTANI GAKKOU)
Schools colleges and universities to visit
This Edo period school, established in 1670, was created by the lord of ...Read more
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OHARA ART MUSEUM
Museums
Keisaburō Ohara (1880-1943) was a great textile industrialist. He built ...Read more
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TOY MUSEUM (NIHON KYODO GANGUKAN)
Museums
An amazing museum that travels not only the history of Japanese toy, but ...Read more
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM (KURASHIKI KOKOKAN)
Museums
In front of the tourist information centre, the Archaeological museum ...Read more
Kurashiki
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FUKUYAMA-JO
Castles to visit
The castle was built in the early 1619 th century, between 1622 and by ...Read more
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TAICHORO (FUKUZENJI TEMPLE)
Temple to visit
Built during the Tenryaku era (947 to 957) of the Heian period, Fukuzenji ...Read more
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BUREAU D’INFORMATIONS TOURISTIQUES
Tourist office
You can get a map of the city and a few brochures but very little in ...Read more
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SENKO-JI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
It is the most famous site in the city. This temple stands proudly on the ...Read more
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JODO-JI TEMPLE
Temple to visit
Buddhist temple of the Shingon school founded by Prince Shōtoku Taishi and ...Read more
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MEMORIAL CATHEDRAL FOR WORLD PEACE
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Located 300 m south of Shukkei Garden, this cathedral was built by Japanese ...Read more
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HIROSHIMA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Museums
The first public museum of modern art in the Archipelago, this museum ...Read more
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OYAMAZUMI-JINJA SHRINE
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This ancient shrine, founded in 594, has long been a pilgrimage destination ...Read more
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IWAKUNI SAMURAI DISTRICT
Street square and neighborhood to visit
The remnants of this former neighborhood, including the beautiful Kagawa ...Read more
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IWAKUNI CASTLE (IWAKUNI-JO)
Castles to visit
Built in 1608 and then destroyed a few years later, Iwakuni Castle and its ...Read more
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KOZAN-KOEN PARK AND RURIKO-JI TEMPLE
Religious buildings
The park houses the famous five-story Rurikō-ji pagoda. It dates back to ...Read more
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JOEI-JI TEMPLE AND SESSHU-TEI GARDEN
Temple to visit
The temple is located 3 km northeast of the railway station, and its Zen ...Read more
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AKAMA-JINGU SHRINE
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This shrine was dedicated to the child emperor Antoku, who perished in the ...Read more
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KAMEYAMA HACHIMAN-GU
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This sanctuary is dedicated to several nobles, including the emperors ...Read more