Every Place in the Catalogue
1,610 spots
Illustration — not a photographHiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki
Well knownHiroshima-style okonomiyaki (広島風お好み焼き) is the prefecture's signature comfort food — a multi-layered savory pancake built…
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Well knownWalk through Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園) on an August morning, and you'll notice the cicadas go silent at 8…
Tomioka Silk Mill
Well knownTomioka Silk Mill (富岡製糸場, Tomioka Seishijo) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Japan's first modern mechanized silk-ree…
Hitachi Seaside Park
Well knownHitachi Seaside Park transforms twice a year into one of Japan's most photographed landscapes. In late April through mid…
Naritasan Shinshoji Temple
Well knownNaritasan Shinshoji Temple, founded in 940 AD, is one of Japan's most important Shingon Buddhist temples and a major pil…
Chichibu Night Festival
Well knownThe Chichibu Yomatsuri (秩父夜祭, Night Festival, December 2–3) is one of Japan's three greatest hikiyama festivals — six ma…
Kawagoe Kurazukuri Street
Well knownKawagoe's Kurazukuri Street (蔵造りの町並み) preserves one of Japan's most complete Edo-period merchant districts — over 30 cla…
Yuigahama Beach
Well knownYuigahama Beach (由比ヶ浜) is Kamakura's main swimming beach, a 900-meter crescent of sand facing Sagami Bay with views to E…
Enoshima Island
Well knownEnoshima (江の島) is a small island (0.4km²) connected to the Shonan coast by a 600-meter bridge, crowned with shrines, bot…
Hasedera Temple
Well knownHasedera Temple (長谷寺) is a hillside Buddhist temple famous for its 9.18-meter wooden statue of Kannon (11-faced Goddess…
Yokohama Chinatown
Well knownYokohama Chinatown (横浜中華街, Yokohama Chukagai) is Japan's largest Chinatown, home to over 600 shops and restaurants packe…
Tokyo Coffee Culture
Well knownTokyo's coffee culture has evolved from 1970s kissaten (喫茶店, retro cafes) to 2000s-2010s third-wave specialty coffee — s…
Tokyo Sushi
Well knownEdomae sushi (江戸前鮨) developed in the 1800s in Tokyo (then called Edo) as fast food for workers — rice and fish pressed t…
Tokyo Yakatabune
Well knownYakatabune (屋形船) are low-slung wooden boats with tatami floors and sliding paper windows that have been hauling partying…
Yoyogi Park
Well knownYoyogi Park (代々木公園) is Tokyo's fifth-largest park (134 acres) and the city's most socially active green space. The park'…
Odaiba Seaside Park
Well knownOdaiba (お台場) is a man-made island in Tokyo Bay, developed in the 1990s-2000s as a futuristic entertainment district with…
Tokyo Ramen
Well knownTokyo-style ramen (東京ラーメン) is characterized by shoyu (soy sauce) broth — clear, savory, and balanced — served with mediu…
Shiretoko Peninsula
Well knownShiretoko is the end of the road in Hokkaido—literally. The peninsula juts northeast into the Sea of Okhotsk, and there'…
Illustration — not a photographNiseko Powder Snow
Well knownNiseko gets dumped on. Fifteen meters of snow every season, sometimes 50cm overnight when low-pressure systems cross the…
Biei Patchwork Hills
Well knownThe Biei hills (美瑛の丘) are a living agricultural canvas — gently rolling farmland where each field grows a different crop…
Otaru Sushi Street
Well knownWalk out of Otaru Station and you'll find yourself surrounded by sushi shops—twenty-something of them packed into two bl…
Hakodate Morning Market
Well knownHakodate Morning Market (函館朝市, Hakodate Asaichi) is a labyrinth of 250+ vendors selling Hokkaido's ocean harvest — live…
Illustration — not a photographSapporo Ramen
Well knownSapporo is the birthplace of miso ramen — the rich, hearty cousin of tonkotsu and shoyu styles. Developed in the 1960s t…
Illustration — not a photographEchizen Washi Paper
Well knownEchizen washi (越前和紙) is handmade paper produced using techniques unchanged for 1,500 years, recognized by UNESCO as Inta…
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