Every Place in the Catalogue

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Tokyo DisneySea is the only Disney park built specifically for adults and families, without a Cinderella Castle or Main…

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Hakone Shrine

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The torii gate standing in Lake Ashi's shallows is what phone cameras were invented for, but the shrine complex itself c…

Hakone Yumoto Onsen

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Hakone-Yumoto (箱根湯本) is Hakone's largest and most accessible onsen town, located at the base of the mountains where the…

Hakone Open-Air Museum

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The Hakone Open-Air Museum (箱根彫刻の森美術館, Chokoku-no-Mori Bijutsukan) is Japan's first open-air museum, established in 1969…

Owakudani Valley

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Owakudani (大涌谷, 'Great Boiling Valley') is an active volcanic valley where sulfurous fumes vent from fissures in the roc…

Lake Ashi

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Lake Ashi formed when Mt. Kamiyama erupted roughly 3,000 years back, collapsing part of the mountain and damming the Hay…

Great Buddha of Kamakura

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The Great Buddha of Kamakura (鎌倉大仏, Kamakura Daibutsu) is a 13.35-meter-tall bronze statue of Amida Buddha weighing 121…

Shibuya Parco

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Shibuya Parco (渋谷パルコ) is a 10-floor fashion and culture complex rebuilt in 2019, blending streetwear boutiques, art gall…

Tokyo Tower

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Tokyo Tower (東京タワー) is a 333-meter red-and-white communications tower completed in 1958, inspired by the Eiffel Tower bu…

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Tokyo Skytree

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Tokyo Skytree punches through the skyline at 634 meters (2,080 feet) — the tallest tower on the planet, though locals wi…

Tokyo Izakaya Culture

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Izakaya (居酒屋) are Japanese gastropubs — casual drinking establishments serving small plates (yakitori, edamame, fried ch…

Ueno Park

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Ueno Park (上野恩賜公園, Ueno Onshi Koen) is Tokyo's largest public park (133 acres), housing five major museums, a zoo, shrin…

teamLab Borderless

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Walking into teamLab Borderless (チームラボボーダレス) feels like stepping through a screen into someone's fever dream. The space…

Tsukiji Outer Market

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Tsukiji Outer Market (築地場外市場, Tsukiji Jogai Shijo) is a 300-meter network of alleys and shops selling fresh seafood, pro…

Ginza Shopping District

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Ginza (銀座, 'silver mint') is Tokyo's premier luxury shopping district, an 8-block grid of flagship stores, department st…

Akihabara Electric Town

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Akihabara (秋葉原, often shortened to 'Akiba') is Tokyo's electronics and otaku (geek) culture district, a dense 500-meter…

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Senso-ji Temple

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Senso-ji (浅草寺) is Tokyo's oldest and most significant Buddhist temple, founded in 645 AD after two fishermen discovered…

Meiji Shrine

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Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingu) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, set within 175 acres…

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Takeshita Street

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Takeshita Street (竹下通り, Takeshita-dori) is a 350-meter pedestrian alley in Harajuku, lined with shops selling kawaii (cu…

Tokyo Metropolitan Building

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (東京都庁, Tocho) has twin towers rising 243 meters, each with a free observation…

Shinjuku Kabukicho

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Kabukicho (歌舞伎町) is Tokyo's largest entertainment and red-light district, a neon-soaked maze of narrow alleys packed wit…

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Shibuya Scramble Crossing

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Shibuya Scramble Crossing (渋谷スクランブル交差点) is the world's busiest pedestrian intersection, where up to 3,000 people cross s…

Hokkaido

Sapporo Snow Festival