Spot List

The head of Japan’s Kumano shrines—famous for matchmaking

A city park famed as a sightseeing spot representing Nara. World Heritage sites such as Todai-ji Temple, Kofuku-ji Temple and Kasuga-taisha Shrine are close to each other.

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

Take your time watching adorable animals

Flowers blossom throughout the seasons at this temple, also known as “The Flower Temple”

Strolling around ponds colored subtle shades of blue

There is a wide selection of popular home appliances. A store with a passport reader. All items are duty free.

Enthrallingly steep cliffs nicknamed the ”Alps of the Sea”

This is an interactive museum where you can learn what prompted the birth of the world's first instant ramen and its history.

Shitenno-ji Temple is the oldest state-built Buddhist temple in Japan, established in 593 by Prince Shotoku. The architectural structures seen today are faithful reproductions of the temple's original appearance.

Lalique Museum, Hakone exhibits about 230 pieces of French artist, René Lalique (1860-1945) who created precious jewelry in Art Nouveau style, and beautiful objects in glass during Art Deco period.

Experience the world inside the Man'yoshu

A youth hostel where you can enjoy walking through the garden.

One of Nara’s most famous gardens

Famous since the Edo period (1603–1868) for its god of business prosperity. Site of the largest Tori no Ichi open-air market in 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.

It is an art museum in Marunouchi that holds Japanese contemporary art oriented exhibitions.

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.

Enjoy the sound of steam whistles and the murmur of a small stream while leisurely savoring a cup of tea on the porch.

A museum specializing in nihonga (Japanese paintings) with a collection of about 1,800 works consisting mainly of modern and contemporary Japanese paintings. It holds various special exhibitions as well.