Spot List

Featuring a lovely Japanese garden that changes expression each season

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is in Ueno Park. Special exhibitions of domestic and foreign famous paintings, variety of planned exhibitions, and exhibitions of works by the general public are held there.

An introduction to the history of Hyogo from all angles

Take some time to relax in the old entertainment quarter

The museum houses 900 drums, including Japanese drums and others from all over the world. Visitors can touch and play the drums.

A traditional accommodation with a Japanese-style garden of 1,980 square meters that was painstakingly landscaped

Witness Japanese paper dyeing, a traditional craft that is designated a cultural heritage of Bunkyo Ward, here at Ochanomizu Origami Kaikan, or Japanese paper folding center.

This is a large, nature-infused urban park with lush greenery and an abundance of seasonal flowers such as poppies in spring and cosmos flowers in autumn.

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.

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

Amuse Museum is an art complex where a museum of the textile culture and ukiyoe (paintings of everyday life in the Edo period 1603 – 1868), a select shop of Japanese-style products, and an event hall are combined.

Saitama Midori-no-mori Museum is a field museum that presents the satoyama (traditional agricultural) landscapes of Sayama-kyuryo Hills, such as wooded areas and swamps.

Stroll around the beautiful, mystical lakes and ponds

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.

Located at the southeastern part of Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture, this food-lover's destination brims with local foods such as fresh tuna and farm vegetables.

A museum that displays precious references to sumo wrestling — a form of traditional culture dating to the era of Japanese myths.

A large tea ceremony is held here to remember Toyotomi Hideyoshi

A garden enjoyed by many writers and artists

The oldest amusement park in Japan, built in 1853. Discover the atmosphere of a traditional festival at the ennichi corner in the park!

Famous for its cherry blossoms and being one of Kyoto’s three Kumano Shrines