Spot List

Enjoy dining and shopping at this market building

The thatched Haiden hall is magnificent

Featuring private baths that are the largest in size and number in the prefecture

A hot spring hotel with 160 years of history and traditional Japanese beauty

The festival highlight is sight of more than 100 boats on the Ogawa river

The main shrine hall is a national treasure with droves of people lining up for the New Year’s shrine visit at “Sumiyossan”

A large rock protruding into the ocean

Indulge yourself with the superb original kaisekizen using plenty of local ingredients

A wide-open park offering great views of the harbor

Adventure islands

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.

Exuding an Edo-period ambiance, this traditional inn offers the best of the Ryujin hot springs

Savor some low-temperature aged Yonezawa steak

A stationery store with a fountain-pen-shaped signboard and the slogan “A Hideout for Adults.”

Here at Bodaigi Pond, you can view a satoyama (mountain foothill) landscape. It is a tranquil spot where you can hear the chirping of birds.

A crimson tower glistening in the ocean and sky

This Japanese garden is a scenic spot filled with Japanese aesthetics and was opened by Sankei Hara, a silk business tycoon. There, historical buildings stand such as a three-story pagoda and tea houses.

It succeeds in recreating the model of railway trains down to the last detail by utilizing authentic railway technology. The museum of Nobutaro Hara's model railway and his collection.

Experience the Oku-Nikko loved by Sir Ernest Mason Satow

The animal taxidermy will surprise you