Culture & History

Kinpu Shrine continues to look over Mt. Yoshino enshrining the local deity

A town of old-fashioned warehouses is reproduced! A museum of residential kura relating the culture and spirit of Kitakata

This brilliant crimson building is the stately main gate of Mount Koya

A small island with a circumference of 2km on Lake Biwa that has been worshiped since ancient times

The scholastic temple amid the natural environment of Mt. Godaisan and a garden that has been recognized as a Place of Scenic Beauty

A symbolic kura (warehouse) residence of Kitakata. Its architecture which has been taken to the height of luxury is a must-see

A church built from Oya stone whose grandly soaring twin spires are beautiful

A historic shrine protecting Naruko Onsen in the town of onsen and kokeshi dolls

An ancient temple which includes Japan’s oldest three-storey pagoda, both of which have been designated as World Heritage sites

A 3000-year-old shrine that reveres Mt. Tsukuba as a sacred mountain

What kind of suffering did the people in the Battle of Okinawa endure? A place to feel history

A Renaissance-style white-walled library that was built as a war commemoration

A 1/10th scale replica of Tosho-gu Shrine which will amaze you with the exquisite craft in building it

Get on the gorgeous floats to experience the 400-year-old traditions of the wondrous Furukawa Festival!

The Sapporo landmark that has long been admired by citizens with the nickname of “The Red Brick Office”

The retro locomotive runs through the city of literature and hot springs, Matsuyama