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NAGOMI-YONEYA “Peanut Monaka”

Founded in 1899 (Meiji 32), the business began when its first owner sold yokan made with locally grown shibaguri chestnuts. Since then, it has created numerous popular products, primarily Japanese sweets. The company operates standalone and in-store locations throughout Chiba Prefecture, with the NAGOMI-YONEYA Main Store serving as its flagship. Located along the Omotesando approach to Naritasan Shinshoji Temple, the store is well known among temple visitors as a place to shop for souvenirs.

• Chiba
• Snacks

Yachi Onsen

Boasting over 400 years of history, Yachi Onsen in Aomori Prefecture is counted among Japan's three great hidden hot springs, alongside Tokushima Prefecture's Iya Valley Onsen and Hokkaido's Niseko Onsen.

• Aomori
• Inns

Tanesashi Coast

Tanesashi Coast is a beautiful coastline with diverse landscapes, located within the Sanriku Reconstruction National Park and designated as a national scenic spot. Visitors can enjoy a variety of flowers, natural grasslands, a coastline with strange rocks and boulders, a century-old pine forest, and charming black-tailed gulls.

• Aomori
• Nature Spots

Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art

The Hirosaki Brick Warehouse Museum opened in 2020, set inside a historic, century-old red brick warehouse. The building was known by the name Yoshino-cho brick warehouse since its heyday as a sake brewery during the Meiji and Taisho eras, but still stands today as a beloved treasure that shaped the landscape of Hirosaki.

• Aomori
• Museums

Towada-Hachimantai National Park

A vast national park spanning the mountainous regions of Aomori, Iwate, and Akita prefectures. It consists of two main areas: the Towada-Hakkoda area, home to renowned scenic destinations such as Oirase Gorge, Lake Towada, and the Hakkoda Mountains; and the Hachimantai area, which includes Mt. Iwate and Mt. Akita-Komagatake.

• Aomori
• Parks & Gardens

Tottori Sand Dunes The Sand Museum

The world’s first museum, curating sand creations. It is produced by Katsuhiko Chaen, who was selected as “100 Most Respected Japanese People.” He invites sand sculptors from all over the world to display sand sculpture at the global top level.

• Tottori
• Museums

Shukkeien Garden

Shukkeien Garden was created by Asano Nagaakira, lord of the Hiroshima Domain, as the garden of his villa beginning in 1620 (Genna 6). It was devastated by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Restoration began in 1949 and took approximately 30 years to complete, bringing the garden to its present form.

• Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima Castle, Hatchobori
• Parks & Gardens

Okayama Korakuen Garden

This daimyō garden was commissioned by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of the Okayama Domain, as a place of relaxation and was largely completed in 1700. During Tsunamasa’s time, the garden was designed to be viewed from rooms overlooking the grounds. Its landscape later evolved in response to changing social conditions and the preferences of successive lords, gradually becoming more suitable for strolling as streams, ponds, and other features were added.

• Okayama
• Parks & Gardens

Atomic Bomb Dome (Peace Memorial Park)

The Atomic Bomb Dome was originally designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel and completed on April 5, 1915, as the Hiroshima Prefectural Products Exhibition Hall. However, it was severely damaged by the atomic bombing, just 160 meters from the hypocenter. Its exposed steel framework and crumbling exterior walls have been preserved as they were immediately after the bombing, and the building eventually came to be known as the Atomic Bomb Dome.

• Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima Castle, Hatchobori
• Museums

Hagi Castle Town

Hagi prospered for 260 years as a castle town after Mori Terumoto built Hagi Castle in 1604. White or earthen walls and black board hedges line the beautiful town, which has preserved the townscape from Edo Period so well that people say, “You can use the map from Edo Period to this day.”

• Yamaguchi
• Famous Places