Best Visiting Spot List

The Streets Fill up with the Lights of the Kanto Festival!

A mystical, sacred place of Shugendo, or Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts

This is a vast park that was used as the venue for the Olympic Games held in 1964. It has a variety of sports facilities and is popular among people who enjoy walking.

Known for “the evening bell of Mii-dera”, one of the Eight Views of Omi

The museum’s shop is a must-see, too

Welcome to the world of transparent blue

Introducing life in Osaka during the Edo period, the museum makes it fun to learn about the history and culture of housing and living.

One of Nara’s most famous gardens

Enjoy the burning red foliage in autumn and the cherry blossoms and rhododendrons in spring

A temple built upon the request of Emperor Tenmu during the Hakuho Period. Reconstructed in recent years, the temple structures showcase beautiful, vibrant colors.

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

A shrine to the south of the imperial palace for gods who offer directional protection

You can feel the nature of the Sayama Hills and learn the importance of nature. It is a place full of green where you can encounter various plants, insects, and birds.

The school Yae Niijima’s husband Joseph dreamed of opening

Beautiful Neo-Renaissance arches

This temple is one of the Three Mountains of the Kanto region for the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism and is well-known as a temple to ward off evil. Enjoy the shops in the surrounding streets after attending a Goma Rite (a ceremony in which Goma wood is burned in a fireplace on the Goma platform).

Observe how sturdy silk fabrics are produced

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

This museum offers both beauty and healing surrounded by the nature of Hakone. A giant mural of wind god Fujin and thunder god Raijin can be appreciated while soaking your feet in an ashi-yu footbath.

One of the last temples to prohibit entry to women