Best Visiting Spot List

A vast park crafted on the site of Takada Castle. Known as a great viewing spot for cherry blossoms, the park is embellished with about 4,000 cherry trees in April.

A leisure complex centered on the New National Theater Tokyo, with an opera house, and a concert hall

Bukeyashiki Street with the Ashina family's 15,000-koku castle town. The direct descendants of the family still live in one of the upper-class samurai residences.

Head for Zao for the fantastical scenery of white rime, also known as snow monsters!

One of the three greatest summer festivals of Tohoku, with colorful bamboo decorations all around the city of Sendai.

Special local products such as sake, rice, and koji (aspergillus oryzae) are lined up

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

The magnificent appearance of this building is the symbol of Nakanoshima

The traditional god of learning

Feel the history of Kitakami at the outdoor museum

A zoo favored by Kobe locals

A zoo raising approximately 130 different species of animals. Encountering small animals is fun!

A guardian deity of water with miraculous virtue worshipped since ancient times. The shrine has been worshipped for better luck marriage by countless people through the ages, including nobles.

Rejuvenate yourself in the fresh mountain air

Autumn colors light up the moss garden in this temple's garden of enlightenment

Drawing from two historic sources of water, this open air bath has a nostalgic atmosphere typical of traditional public baths

The Matsuchiyama Shoden Honryu-in Temple close to Senso-ji Temple, is recognized as a ”power spot” by the common people. On this spot they pray for the material benefits in this world. With Y-shaped daikon radishes and kinchaku (Japanese traditional style pouch) people pray for finding a suitable marriage partner and for matrimonial happiness.

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

A historical shrine with a solemn atmosphere built in Gongen-zukuri (style of Shinto architecture in which the main hall and worship hall share one roof). It is designated as National Important Cultural Property. Late April is the best period to see the Azaleas on the premises.

The shrine to the north of the main hall of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, whose spirit is worshipped as a deity of marriage. A pair of guardian stones in the grounds known as ”Koi uranai-no-Ishi” dates back to the Jomon period.