Every Place in the Catalogue
1,610 spots
Naruto Whirlpools (Awaji side)
Little knownThe Naruto Strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku creates the world's largest tidal whirlpools (鳴門の渦潮, Naruto no Uzushi…
Illustration — not a photographKinosaki Winter Crab Kaiseki
Little knownThe kaiseki arrives at 18:30 in your tatami room, carried by a staff member who kneels to arrange thirteen dishes across…
Arima Onsen
Little knownArima Onsen (有馬温泉) is Japan's oldest onsen resort, with 1,400-year bathing history documented since 631 CE. The town is…
Kitashinchi Izakaya District
Little knownKitashinchi (北新地) is Osaka's upscale nightlife district — a dense warren of narrow alleys lined with 2,000+ izakayas (居酒…
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
Little knownKishiwada Danjiri Matsuri (岸和田だんじり祭) is Osaka's most thrilling festival — teams of 100+ men pull 4-ton wooden floats (da…
Tennoji Zoo
Little knownTennoji Zoo (天王寺動物園) opened in 1915 as Japan's third zoo, housing 1,000+ animals from 180+ species on 11 hectares. The z…
Amanohashidate
Little knownAmanohashidate (天橋立, 'Bridge to Heaven') is a 3.6km pine-covered sandbar stretching across Miyazu Bay, ranked as one of…
Fushimi Sake District
Little knownFushimi (伏見) is one of Japan's three premier sake-brewing regions, blessed with underground springs of exceptionally sof…
Illustration — not a photographOkinawa City Koza
Little knownKoza exists because 30,000 American airmen need somewhere to spend Friday nights, and it's been serving that function si…
Illustration — not a photographManta Ray Snorkeling
Little knownThe cleaning station at Kabira sits in 8-12 meters of water above three coral bommies where cleaner wrasse (Labroides di…
Yonaha-Oke Cape Park
Little knownYonaha-Oke Cape (与那覇岬) sits at Miyakojima's southwestern tip, featuring a distinctive white lighthouse and two large win…
Ishigaki Beef
Little knownThe 220 registered Ishigaki beef producers work with roughly 3,000 cattle at any given time, all descended from three fo…
Sunayama Beach
Little knownSunayama Beach (砂山ビーチ, 'Sand Mountain Beach') is a secluded cove accessed by climbing over a large sand dune (the 'mount…
Himeyuri Peace Museum
Little knownThe museum entrance sits 100 meters from the Ihara No. 3 Cave mouth where 46 students and five teachers died in the fina…
Taketomi Island
Little knownYou'll step into a world where utility trucks still honk before navigating lanes barely wide enough for bicycles. Taketo…
Yonaha Maehama Beach
Little knownYonaha Maehama Beach stretches 7 kilometers along Miyakojima's southwest coast — consistently ranked among Japan's top 3…
Maruo Falls
Little knownMaruo Falls (丸尾滝) is a 23-meter waterfall on the approach to Kirishima Shrine, unique among Japanese waterfalls because…
Illustration — not a photographKanoya Rose Garden
Little knownKanoya Rose Garden (かのやばら園) is one of Japan's largest rose gardens with 50,000 bushes representing 1,500 varieties sprea…
Amami Oshima
Little knownAmami Oshima is a large subtropical island 380km south of mainland Kagoshima, closer to Okinawa culturally and ecologica…
Miyazaki Beef
Little knownMiyazaki cattle are born from specific bloodlines traced back to a prize bull named Monjiro (foaled 1989). Calves spend…
Miyazaki City Phoenix Zoo
Little knownMiyazaki City Phoenix Zoo is set on a hillside overlooking the Pacific Ocean, housing 1,200 animals with particular focu…
Heiwadai Park
Little knownHeiwadai Park features the Peace Tower (平和の塔) — a 37-meter stone monument built in 1940 to commemorate the 2,600th anniv…
Miyazaki Jingu
Little knownMiyazaki Jingu is one of Kyushu's most important shrines, dedicated to Emperor Jimmu — Japan's legendary first emperor w…
Takachiho Amaterasu Railway
Little knownThe Takachiho Railway line was permanently closed after a typhoon in 2005 destroyed sections of track. Rather than resto…
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