Every Place in the Catalogue
1,610 spots
Aokigahara Forest
Well knownAokigahara, also known as the 'Sea of Trees' (樹海, Jukai), is a dense virgin forest that spreads across 30 square kilomet…
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (Toyama side)
Well knownThe Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is 90 kilometers of cable cars, ropeways, trolley buses, and highland coaches cutting t…
Hida Folk Village (Hida no Sato)
Well knownHida no Sato (飛騨の里) is an open-air museum preserving over 30 traditional farmhouses relocated from across the Hida regio…
Takayama Festival Floats
Well knownTakayama Matsuri (spring April 14–15, autumn October 9–10) is ranked among Japan's three most beautiful festivals for it…
Mino Washi
Well knownMino washi (美濃和紙) is handmade paper produced in Mino City using techniques designated UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritag…
Hida Furukawa
Well knownHida Furukawa (飛騨古川) is Takayama's smaller, calmer sibling — a canal-lined town of white-walled storehouses, wooden town…
Takayama Jinya
Well knownTakayama Jinya (高山陣屋) is the only surviving Edo-period provincial government office (jinya) in Japan, where Tokugawa sho…
Hida Beef
Well knownHida beef (飛騨牛, Hida-gyu) comes from Japanese Black cattle raised in Gifu for at least 14 months, graded A5 or B5 for ma…
Takayama Morning Markets
Well knownTakayama operates two daily morning markets (朝市, asaichi) — Miyagawa Market along the Miyagawa River (60+ stalls) and Ji…
Takayama Sanmachi Old Town
Well knownTakayama's Sanmachi Suji (三町筋) is one of Japan's most perfectly preserved Edo-period merchant quarters — three parallel…
Gokayama Ainokura
Well knownGokayama's Ainokura (相倉集落) is Shirakawa-go's smaller, quieter neighbor — a hamlet of 20 gassho-zukuri farmhouses set on…
Ghibli Park
Well knownGhibli Park (ジブリパーク) brings Studio Ghibli's animated worlds to life across five distinct areas within Nagakute's Expo 20…
Atsuta Shrine
Well knownAtsuta Shrine (熱田神宮, Atsuta Jingu) ranks among Japan's most important Shinto shrines, housing the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi (草…
Illustration — not a photographKadowaki Suspension Bridge
Well knownKadowaki Suspension Bridge (門脇吊橋) is a 48-meter-long suspension bridge spanning 23 meters above the Pacific Ocean at Jog…
Fuji Safari Park
Well knownFuji Safari Park (富士サファリパーク) is a 74-hectare drive-through wildlife park at the base of Mt. Fuji where visitors observe…
Shiraito Falls (Fujinomiya)
Well knownShiraito Falls (白糸の滝, 'White Thread Falls') is a 20-meter-high, 150-meter-wide curtain waterfall where spring water emer…
Yudanaka Onsen
Well knownYudanaka Onsen (湯田中温泉) is a traditional hot spring town serving as the gateway to Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park. The town…
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (Nagano side)
Well knownThe Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (立山黒部アルペンルート) is a 90km mountain sightseeing route crossing the Northern Japanese Alps…
Illustration — not a photographMatsumoto City Museum of Art
Well knownMatsumoto City Museum of Art (松本市美術館) is dedicated primarily to Yayoi Kusama, the avant-garde artist known for her polka…
Nakamachi Street
Well knownNakamachi (中町通り) is Matsumoto's former merchant district, lined with traditional kura storehouses built in the late 1800…
Illustration — not a photographShinshu Soba
Well knownNagano Prefecture (historically called Shinano or Shinshu) is Japan's premier soba-producing region, thanks to its high…
Daio Wasabi Farm
Well knownDaio Wasabi Farm (大王わさび農場) is Japan's largest wasabi cultivation facility, covering 15 hectares of terraced fields fed b…
Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park
Well knownJigokudani Yaen-koen (地獄谷野猿公苑, 'Hell Valley Wild Monkey Park') is the only place in the world where wild Japanese macaqu…
Kamikochi Valley
Well knownKamikochi sits at 1,500 meters in a glacial valley carved between 3,000-meter peaks. The road in closes mid-November thr…
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