Every Place in the Catalogue
1,610 spots
Old Tokaido Road
Locally knownThe Old Tokaido Road (旧東海道, Kyu Tokaido) is a preserved section of the historic highway that connected Edo (Tokyo) and K…
Yokohama Marine Tower
Locally knownYokohama Marine Tower (横浜マリンタワー) is a 106-meter-tall lattice tower originally built as a lighthouse in 1961 to commemora…
Zeniarai Benten Shrine
Locally knownZeniarai Benten (銭洗弁財天, 'Money-Washing Benzaiten') is a shrine hidden in a cave where worshippers wash coins and bills i…
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
Locally knownThe Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse (横浜赤レンガ倉庫, Akarenga Soko) consists of two historic brick warehouses built in 1911 durin…
Kamakura Komachi-dori
Locally knownKomachi-dori (小町通り, Komachi Street) is Kamakura's main pedestrian shopping street, a narrow 350-meter lane packed with 2…
Yokohama Ramen
Locally knownYokohama is the birthplace of Iekei Ramen (家系ラーメン, 'family-style ramen'), a distinctive style featuring thick tonkotsu-s…
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
Locally knownTsurugaoka Hachimangu (鶴岡八幡宮) is Kamakura's most important Shinto shrine, dedicated to Hachiman (god of warriors and pat…
Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
Locally knownThe Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum (新横浜ラーメン博物館) is part food court, part cultural museum — a basement complex recreating 195…
Sankeien Garden
Locally knownSankeien Garden (三溪園) is a sprawling 175,000-square-meter traditional Japanese garden created by silk merchant Tomitaro…
Illustration — not a photographCup Noodles Museum
Locally knownThe Cup Noodles Museum (カップヌードルミュージアム) chronicles the invention of instant ramen by Nissin founder Momofuku Ando, who in…
Minato Mirai 21
Locally knownMinato Mirai 21 (みなとみらい21, 'Harbor of the Future') is Yokohama's iconic waterfront district featuring modern skyscrapers…
Otaru Music Box Museum
Locally knownThe Otaru Music Box Museum (小樽オルゴール堂) occupies a red-brick warehouse from 1912, housing Japan's largest collection of mu…
Shiroi Koibito Park
Locally knownShiroi Koibito (白い恋人, 'White Lovers') is Hokkaido's most famous souvenir — delicate langue de chat butter cookies sandwi…
Jingisukan
Locally knownJingisukan (ジンギスカン, 'Genghis Khan') is Hokkaido's signature BBQ dish — thinly sliced lamb grilled on a convex cast-iron…
Goryokaku Star Fort
Locally knownGoryokaku (五稜郭) is a star-shaped fortress built in 1866, Japan's first Western-style citadel designed with artillery def…
Susukino District
Locally knownSusukino (すすきの) is Japan's largest nightlife district north of Tokyo, a 6-block area of neon-lit streets packed with 4,0…
Sapporo Clock Tower
Locally knownThe Sapporo Clock Tower (札幌市時計台, Tokeidai) is a white wooden building from 1878, originally built as a drill hall for Sa…
Illustration — not a photographLucky Pierrot
Locally knownLucky Pierrot (ラッキーピエロ) is a Hakodate-only burger chain with 17 locations, each themed differently (pirate ship, carouse…
Mt. Hakodate Night View
Locally knownMt. Hakodate (函館山, 334m) offers what Japanese tourism authorities rank among the world's top three night views (alongsid…
Soup Curry
Locally knownSoup curry (スープカレー) is Sapporo's modern culinary invention — a thin, broth-based curry stew served with large chunks of…
Sapporo Beer Museum
Locally knownThe Sapporo Beer Museum (サッポロビール博物館) occupies a red-brick factory from 1890, when Hokkaido's cold climate and barley cul…
Odori Park
Locally knownOdori Park (大通公園) is a 1.5-kilometer-long boulevard running east-west through central Sapporo, dividing the city into no…
Zuiryuji Temple
Locally knownZuiryuji Temple (瑞龍寺) is a National Treasure Zen temple in Takaoka City, representing the pinnacle of early Edo-period t…
Shinhotaka Ropeway
Locally knownThe Shinhotaka Ropeway (新穂高ロープウェイ) is Japan's only double-decker cable car, ascending 1,308 meters from the Hida mountai…
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