Culture & History

The castle boasting “The Tokugawa Gosanke” soaring over the city of Wakayama

A walking trail going along a stately 400-year-old stone wall

Otaru’s main shopping street retaining a townscape of old stores

With the sound of Imari ware wind chimes ringing throughout the mountain village, this is a park which has restored the traditions of pottery.

A street which has preserved historic samurai residences

A museum to learn about 1300-year-old traditions and the Shikinen Sengu ceremonies

A beautiful daimyo garden throughout all four seasons that was established on land belonging to the Owari Tokugawa clan

A museum where you can learn about the history of the city of Fukui from ancient times to the postwar era

Learn the secrets of “Hatcho miso”, crucial in Aichi cuisine

The incredible sight of countless daruma dolls! This is the temple which gave birth to the lucky charm daruma, a Takasaki specialty

A sloping path that is overflowing with “Onomichi-esque flavor” that has appeared in countless Japanese films

A pure white Western-style manor of the Ikeda clan standing amid lush green nature

These castle ruins retain the old-fashioned atmosphere through the stone walls and the moat. The area is particularly brilliant during the season of cherry blossoms.

A museum where you can closely experience the lifestyle of the samurai and the culture of life and death

The relics of the residential castle for the Kikkawa clan, the former lords of Iwakuni, with flowers blossoming throughout all four seasons

An ancient temple along the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage with flowing holy water and early cherry blossoms beckoning the spring