Spot List

The Higashi-yamato Municipal Folk Museum has ”the Sayama Hills and life” as its theme. The museum has a planetarium equipped with a Megastar projector, which casts images of stars.

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.

Nara's symbol, the world's largest bronze statue of Rushana Daibutsu is seated in the Great Buddha Hall located in the vast grounds. The temple has been designated as a World Heritage site.

It is a convention and art center built to disseminate comprehensive cultural information.

A zoo favored by Kobe locals

The main street of Gion features a machiya-style townscape on a cobblestone street

Shinjuku Gyoen is one of the few landscape gardens in Japan. The garden is a popular spot where you can enjoy the skillfully arranged gardens as well as historical buildings.

The sunsets here are particularly beautiful

The lively entertainment area that represents Minami, Osaka. It has flourished as a city of theatrical and musical performances with special charming aspects that attract visitors.

Beautiful Neo-Renaissance arches

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

Founded in 1895 for the 1,100th anniversary of the relocation of the capital city to the Heian-kyo, the shrine reproduces the Imperial Palace of the Heian-kyo. It enshrines Emperor Kanmu and Emperor Komei.

The head shrine of all Gion satellite shrines throughout Japan. Local residents call the shrine ”Gion-san.”

Open air baths with a pleasant sea breeze and large public baths that offer a magnificent night view

Known as the shinto shrine related to Yoshida Shoin, a samurai clan member of the Choshu Domain who had enormous influence on the movement to topple the Edo Shogunate during the mid-19th century. Now deified, he has become popular as a god of academic success.

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu

Successive generations of emperors lived at the site of these historical remains

Welcome to Duty-free shop ”LAOX”

Welcome to Duty-free shop ”LAOX”

Packed full of nutrients from plants from Japan and China