Japan is blessed with 20 world heritage sites waiting to be discovered.
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Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) is with 3776 meters Japan's highest mountain. It is not surprising that the nearly perfectly ...
Himeji Castle (姫路城, Himejijō) is widely considered Japan's most spectacular castle. Unlike many other Japanese castles...
Important Notice:Over recent years, Shirakawago's winter light-up event has become increasingly overwhelmed by its popularity...
The centuries-old Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社, Itsukushima Jinja) on Miyajima is the source of both the island's fame an...
Rising 3776 meters above sea level, Mount Fuji is Japan's tallest mountain and most iconic landmark. Images of the nearly per...
Shiretoko National Park (知床国立公園, Shiretoko Kokuritsu Koen), located on the Shiretoko Peninsula in eastern Hokkai...
The Jomonsugi (縄文杉, Jomonsugi), the main attraction of Yakushima, is a giant cedar tree which scientists estimate to be...
Japan's first permanent capital was established in the year 710 at Heijo, the city now known as Nara. As the influence and po...
The Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島, Ogasawara Shotō), also known in English as the Bonin Islands, are a chain of volcani...
The Shirakawa-go and neighboring Gokayama regions line the Shogawa River Valley in the remote mountains that span from Gifu t...
Yakushima (屋久島) is a subtropical island off the southern coast of Kyushu and part of Kagoshima Prefecture. It is covere...
Okinawa is home to a unique culture that differs considerably from that of mainland Japan. Until the islands were invaded by ...
Nikko (日光, Nikko) is a town at the entrance to Nikko National Park, most famous for Toshogu, Japan's most lavishly decora...
Todaiji (東大寺, Todaiji, "Great Eastern Temple") is one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a...
More than a dozen gassho-zukuri farmhouses in and around Ogimachi are now functioning as minshuku, family run, Japanese style...
Climbing Mount Fuji (3776 meters), Japan's highest and most prominent mountain, can make for lifelong memories. The mountain ...
Hahajima Island (母島, Mother Island) is the only inhabited island of the Ogasawara Islands besides Chichijima. Located 40 ...
Ogimachi is the largest village and main attraction of Shirakawa-go. Declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1995, the villa...
Chichijima Island (父島, Father Island) is the largest of the Ogasawara Islands. The mountainous island is covered in subtr...
The Shiratani Unsuikyo Ravine (白谷雲水峡, Shiratani Unsuikyo) on Yakushima is a lush, green nature park containing a nu...
Shirakami Sanchi is an extensive mountain range straddling the border between Aomori and Akita prefectures in the northern To...
Toshogu Shrine (東照宮, Toshogu) is the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that...
The Tajima Yahei Sericulture Farm (田島弥平旧宅, Tajima Yahei Kyutaku) is a farmhouse residence in Isesaki City, built ...
Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park (平和記念公園, Heiwa Kinen Koen) is one of the most prominent features of the city. Eve...
During the Heian Period, the Fujiwara were the most powerful clan in Japan. In 1105, Hiraizumi was chosen as the seat of the ...
Kumano Nachi Taisha is one of the three Kumano shrines, situated a few kilometers inland from the coastal hot spring resort o...
Established in 1872, the Tomioka Silk Mill (富岡製糸場, Tomioka Seishijo) is Japan's first, modern silk factory for proc...
Founded by Prince Shotoku, who is attributed with having introduced Buddhism to Japan, Horyuji is one of Japan's oldest templ...
The Arafune Cold Storage (荒船風穴, Arafune Fuketsu) served as a natural refrigerator for the silk industry during the ea...
Takayama-sha Sericulture School (高山社跡, Takayama-sha Ato) in Fujioka City near Tomioka, was a place where people from ...
Gunkanjima is a small island located about 20 kilometers from Nagasaki Port. Until 1974, the island served as a coal mine, an...
The Kumano area (熊野) is located around the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula, about 100 kilometers south of Osaka. It spa...
Iwami Ginzan (石見銀山) is a historic silver mine in the mountains of Oda City, Shimane Prefecture. The most prominent si...
Spread across eight prefectures, the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution (明治日本の産業革命遺産, Meiji N...
In July 2016, the National Museum of Western Art was designated a World Heritage Site as one of 17 buildings designed by the ...
Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, Iwami Ginzan was Japan’s largest silver mine. Producing silver of prist...