Culture & History

A masterpiece of the Edo Era. Japan’s largest stone arch aqueduct

The garden and house as one form a world of beauty. The villa is a stylishly built using modern Japanese architecture.

A stone wall castle, unusual for the Tohoku region, with a famous three story fortified tower

An ancient temple surrounded by a cedar forest with an impressive five story pagoda that took two generations of temple carpenters to complete

The symbol of Kanazawa, a castle town in the wealthy Kaga Domain

A shrine founded to enshrine one of the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan, a sword.

Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Kamikura Jinja are residences of the gods of Kumano

This ancient temple in the lush green mountain was built in the Heian Era to resemble Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto

Japan’s foremost dam drawing a huge arch in front of the magnificent Japanese Alps

Shinjuku’s back street. 200 bars and restaurants are filled into a maze of narrow streets.

You can see, eat, and enjoy the city’s seasonal foods at Nishiki Market, also known as the kitchen of Kyoto

Dejima, the only trading port open during the 200 years of Japan’s “Sakoku” (seclusion) era

A shrine that is the home of two World Heritages and enshrines Shoin Yoshida, a Bakumatsu era philosopher.

A registered national treasure representing heaven and earth

Learn the secrets behind Cup Noodles at this interactive museum where you can see, touch, make, and eat!

The lights of the “kanto” lanterns filling the night sky, are prayers for a good harvest. It is a major summer festival in the Tohoku region.