Emily Wang's Reviews

KARUIZAWA PRINCE SHOPPING PLAZA

It is one of Japan’s largest resort-style shopping malls, located just outside the south exit of JR Karuizawa Station. There are 10 areas on the premises in a rich natural setting, having about 240 stores offering a wide range of products, including famous brands, interior goods, general goods, and outdoor products. It is an attractive place where you can get high-quality items from top brands at outlet prices.

• Nagano
• Commercial Buildings

Shinano Railway's Karuizawa Station

The Karuizawa station building, demolished with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen in 1997, was revived in October 2017 as the Shinano Railway Karuizawa Station and the Old Station Building entrance. It utilizes the historically significant building that had been preserved as the Old Karuizawa Station Building Memorial Hall, maintaining the serene ambiance characteristic of Karuizawa.

• Nagano
• Tourist Attractions

Togoshi Ginza Shopping Street & TOGOSHIGINZA Information Center

Stretching approximately 1.3km east to west from Tokyu Ikegami Line's Togoshi Ginza Station, this shopping district boasts around 400 establishments ranging from fresh produce stores to cafes, bakeries, and bathhouses.

• Shinagawa, Gotanda
• Shopping Streets

Lake Ashinoko

The lake is said to have been created about 3100 years ago when a phreatic explosion caused by volcanic activity caused the sediment from a large collapsed mountain to dam the river. In fact, most of the water is rainwater rather than spring water, which is the source of the river. It is a huge puddle of water.

• Hakone
• Nature Spots

Himeji Castle

This castle is a World Heritage Site and a Japanese castle masterpiece. The main keep, built by Ikeda Terumasa in the early Edo period, has a five-story exterior, one basement level, and six stories above ground on the inside, making it the largest Edo period castle tower still standing.

• Hyogo
• Tourist Attractions

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum

3.11 Great East Japan Earthquake caused the accidents in Tokyo Electric Power’s Fukushima 1st Nuclear Power Plants, leading to the unprecedented multiple disasters in Futaba Town, Fukushima, and that is where the Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum was opened in 2020. Their mission is to share the experiences and lessons from the nuclear catastrophe within and outside the nation.

• Fukushima
• Museums

Japan Heritage Mitarai Historic Streetscapes Preservation District

Osakishimojima Island is one of the islands on the Akinada Tobishima Kaido, which is connected by seven bridges. The island is known for its citrus fruits such as Ocho mandarin oranges, and a stroll through the Mitarai district, lined with merchant houses, teahouses, and boatyards, is recommended.

• Kure Area Neighborhood
• Tourist Attractions

Tower of Osaka Castle

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who unified the country during the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600), began construction of the tower of Osaka Castle in 1583 and completed it in 1585. The castle was later destroyed during the Osaka Natsu no Jin（summer campaign of Osaka） in 1615, but was rebuilt by the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1626. However, the castle keep was destroyed by lightning in 1665. In 1931, the castle tower of the Toyotomi period was reconstructed with donations from Osaka citizens.

• Osaka Castle, Kyobashi
• Tourist Attractions

Isawa Hot Spring Resort

In January 1961, hot water gushed from a vineyard in the town of Isawa and flowed out into a nearby river, creating the "Aozora Onsen," which is said to be the beginning of Isawa Onsen. It is one of the largest hot spring resorts in Yamanashi, the land of hot springs, with more than 30 inns and hotels, ranging from budget inns to large hotels with swimming pools so you can enjoy various hot springs.

• Yamanashi
• Famous Places

Alley-Karasukojima

This park is one of the components of the Japan Heritage Yokosuka, Kure, Sasebo, Maizuru: A Town Where You Can Experience the Dynamism of Japan's Modernization, and you can feel the remnants of Kure, which once flourished as a military port.

• Kure Area Neighborhood
• Tourist Attractions