Spot List

It takes five minutes to the mountain peak by ropeway. Near the top is the okumiya (rear shrine) of Hodosan Shrine, a small animal park and a Japanese allspice garden.

A museum specializing in Japanese swords. Some 190 items including swords, mountings and fittings, armor, and information on metalwork.

Zojo-ji is one of the seven Daihonzan (head temples) of Jodo-shu Buddhism and contains many designated Cultural Properties. It is also where the souls of the Tokugawa clan are mourned.

Hakone Garasunomori Museum, or the Venetian Glass Museum in Hakone, is the first museum of this kind in Japan. The glass exhibitions that change each season are worth seeing.

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.

A gathering of popular fashion brands

Built in 1926, this was the residence of a silk yarn trader. You can have tea there while feeling the season.

Aeon Mall is a shopping mall where you can find everything you need for shopping and dining.

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

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

Famous for its early blossoming cherry trees, which signify the coming of spring

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

This is a museum where you can enjoy learning the 400 years of history and culture of Edo-Tokyo.

A quiet hotel surrounded by the sea and greenery

The school Yae Niijima’s husband Joseph dreamed of opening

This is a museum where you can learn the aesthetics of the samurai spirit. You can experience being a samurai warrior wearing kabuto (a helmet) and yoroi (an armor) and take commemorative photos as well.

The head shrine of all the Kasuga-jinja shrines all over Japan, it is located on Mt. Mikasa, which has been treated as a sacred area since ancient times. In 2018, the shrine commemorated its 1,250th anniversary.

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

A luxurious facility that mimics a Noh stage

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides