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Shimabara Hibariyama Flower Park

A flower park created through collaboration between Shimabara City and private partners on erosion control land designated after the eruption disaster of Mt. Unzen Fugendake. Opened in 2012, it welcomes visitors with colorful flower fields spreading out against the backdrop of Mt. Heisei-Shinzan. In spring, cherry blossoms, weeping cherry blossoms, and Approx. 10 million rapeseed blossoms begin to bloom around late March. Azaleas appear in mid-April, and mixed flowers color the vast grounds from around early May to around late May.

• Nagasaki
• Parks & Gardens

Michi-no-Eki Shichijo Melon Dome

Drive along National Route 325 from Yamaga City towards Minami Aso and the road will open up to three distinctive melon-shaped roofs. This roadside station, known as Michi-no-Eki Shichijo Melon Dome, handles a multitude of local specialties from Shichijo Town and attracts over a million visitors each year.

• Kumamoto
• Stations & Roadside Stations & Tourist Information Centers

Jozankei Gensen Park

Jozankei Gensen Park was opened in 2005 on the 200th anniversary of Miizumi Jozan's birth, who was an ascetic monk and is said to have provided the foundation of Jozankei Onsen. On the premises, there is a recreated scene of Jozan finding the hot spring as well as his statue and various hot spring facilities.

• Sapporo
• Parks & Gardens

Ryujin Suspension Bridge

The Ryujinkyo Gorge is located in Okukuji Prefectural Nature Park, in Ibaraki prefecture. The “Ryujin Suspension Bridge” is laid atop the Ryujin dam that flows through the Ryujin River within the gorge. This bridge is 375m long, and is one of Japan’s longest pedestrian only suspension bridges.

• Ibaraki
• Tourist Attractions

Aso Panorama Line

Aso-Panorama Line is the 37-km long scenic route in the center of the Mount Aso caldera that runs the north, west and south routes towards the 5 mountains of Aso. All three directions of the path meet in the midde, making their way towards Aso Sanjo Public Square. Here you’ll find unrivaled views of the Somma volcano, and the wide open green of the great outdoors as you discover the best scenic spots of Aso.

• Kumamoto
• Tourist Attractions

The former Iwasaki House Garden

The Iwasaki Family founded Mitsubishi. These buildings and garden were built in 1896 as a residence for Hisaya, Iwasaki Family’s third head, and were later restructured as Tokyo’s garden. The 12-acre premises used to have 20 buildings. Today, the western-style hall, the Japanese-style hall, the pool hall and the garden are preserved.

• Ueno, Nippori
• Museums

Hitachi Station

Hitachi Station on the Joban Line of JR East, facing the Pacific Ocean, is the central station of Hitachi City. The current station building, completed in 2011, is impressive with its beautiful all-glass structure. The design was supervised by Hitachi-born architect Ms.Kazuyo Sejima, winner of "The Pritzker Architecture Prize.", also known as the Nobel Prize in Architecture.

• Ibaraki
• Tourist Attractions

Niigata City History Museum - Minatopia

At the end of the Samurai era, five ports - Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Hakodate, and Niigata - were chosen to open to other countries. The former Niigata Customs Office is the only building standing as it was opened. It is designated as a national important cultural property where the museum is located.

• Niigata
• Museums

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

Here on this 7-hectare site bursting with seasonal flora you’ll find 30 Tokyo buildings from the early Edo period through the postwar period that have been relocated and restored for display. The lifestyles and businesses of each associated time period are reproduced inside of the buildings.

• Kichijoji, Mitaka
• Museums

KidZania Tokyo

A career and social experience facility where children aged 3 to 15 can try a wide variety of jobs and services in a city built at roughly two-thirds the size of the real world, learning how society works while having fun.

• Tsukiji, Odaiba, Toyosu
• Experiences Facilities