Spot List

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.

Appreciate this beautiful valley, designated as a place of special scenic beauty and a natural monument. Immerse yourself in a shower of negative ions emanating from the forest.

Street connecting the east exit of Ikebukuro station to Sunshine, lined with numerous shops.

A museum full of interesting materials

A garden decorated with white and red apricot flowers

High-quality style that is a notch above

Japan's largest gold mine, which began operating in the Edo Period. You can see mining tunnels and remains of mining from back then.

A large selection of practical yet stylish goods

Take up the challenge of the ski tour in the triple zone ski area with it's excellent quality of snow, long trails and long season.

A 27-km road that stretches from the foot to the summit of Mt. Hachiman. It is famous for the snow-walled corridor that appears in spring.

The healing power of the sea and flowers

This hotel's highlight is the open-air bath that overlooks its garden

A temple of the Nichiren sect on Mt. Ogura in Sagano. It is well-known for ”Hyakunin Isshu” (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets). In autumn, the nearby mountains awash with brilliant red leaves.

Southern Osaka's hippest place, where the all the trendy young people go

One of the most spacious ponds in metropolitan Tokyo and beloved as a cherry-blossom viewing site in Spring. The scenic pond was often the subject of ukiyo-e paintings in the mid-19th century.

One of Tsukioka's most luxurious inns

This outdoor, natural bath is even popular in winter

2 hours from Tokyo. A youth hostel where you can enjoy the essence of Mother Nature each season on the top of Mt. Mitake (929 m), a part of Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park.

Walk along the train tracks as cherry blossoms fall around you