Best Historic Sites Spot List

The hermitage written about in ”Saga Nikki”

Jodo Teien that has remained almost unchanged

This tomb is sealed by a giant rock weighing 2,300 tons

The mountain villa where a scholar lived a secluded life

One of the most outstanding castle ruins in all of Japan

These are memorial towers for Anjin Miura, the British foreign adviser to Ieyasu Tokugawa (the first shogun), and Anjin's wife, who was Japanese.

A wall painting of a beautiful woman was discovered here

One of the world’s largest tombs built around the mid-fifth century

The site of the former mountain castle once considered impregnable

Here at Shoren-in Temple, Emperor Kanmu prayed for peace for the capital and buried a shogun statue inside its burial mound

The beloved boathouse of Ryoma Sakamoto

It is a 106-meter-long zenpo-koen-fun that is a mound shaped like a keyhole. This tumulus is the largest in Tokyo and is said to have been built in the 5th century.

An estate where Kishu samurai resided

Enjoy the Japanese architecture in the elegant drawing room

The Chidori-ga-fuchi Moat is located northwest of the Imperial Palace. The nature-rich sidewalk along the moat is called the Chidori-ga-fuchi Ryokudo (a green road), which runs for 700 meters. It is one of the most famous cherry blossom viewing sites in Japan.

Ruins of the Sendai clan castle built by Date Masamune, who owned 620,000 koku

Some of the samurai houses dating back to the Edo Period (1600/1603-1868) still remain in the castle town Sakura (Chiba), a place where you can get a glimpse of the daily lives of the samurai.

Learn about the defenses of this castle town and building fireproofing

The remains of Kumano Taisha Shrine, the birthplace of the Kumano faith

A star-shaped fort with the first French-style fortifications in Japan. The Battle of Hakodate took place here, and it's now open to the public as a park.