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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

Okabe-shuku Ohatago Kashibaya

This lodging facility was used as an inn for travelers coming and going on the Tokaido Highway during the Edo period. It is now open to the public as a museum, where visitors can learn about the lifestyle of the people and how inns were used in those days.

• Shizuoka
• Museums

Miho no Matsubara

About 30,000 pine trees grow along the 5-km-long coastline, a scenic spot that has attracted people from all walks of life since ancient times. It is one of Japan's three new scenic spots and one of Japan's three great pine groves. In 2013, it was registered as a component of the World Cultural Heritage of Mt Fuji.

• Shizuoka
• Nature Spots

Takumishuku Traditional Hand Craft Arts Center

A facility where visitors can experience the traditional crafts for which Shizuoka City is famous reopened in May 2021. The experience is divided into three workshops: "Bamboo and Dyeing Workshop," "Wood and Lacquer Workshop," and "Fire and Earth Workshop," with a variety of experience plans available. At the "Bamboo and Dyeing Workshop", visitors can try their hand at Suruga Take Sensujizaiku, indigo dyeing, and tea dyeing; at the "Wood and Lacquer Workshop", woodwork and lacquer; and at the "Fire and Clay Workshop", visitors can try their hand at pottery making using an electric potter's wheel and other tools. Visitors can also try their hand at pottery making using an electric potter's wheel at the "Wood and Lacquer Workshop".

• Shizuoka
• Experiences Facilities

Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort

Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort, located in Nozawa Onsen Village, Nagano Prefecture, ranks among Japan's largest ski slopes. It provides the finest powder snow on more than 40 courses, 40% of which are safe for beginners. There are children’s courses for play equipment, sleds and tubes and they are great for introducing children to snow play. Families can have fun all day.

• Nagano
• Outdoors

Higashi Honganji Temple (Kyoto)

Higashi Honganji Temple is located in Karasuma Rokujo, near Kyoto Station. Officially known as Shinshu Honbyo, it is the head temple of the Shinshu Otani-ha school of Buddhism and was established in 1602 on land donated by Tokugawa Ieyasu to Kyonyo Shonin.

• Kyoto Station, Shijo Kawaramachi, Kyoto Imperial Palace
• Shrines & Temples

Hotel Urashima

This enormous onsen ryokan is located in the Nanki-Katsuura onsen near the World Heritage Kumano-Nachi Taisha shrine. The complex consists of four buildings: the main building, the Nisshokan, the Sanjokan, and the Nagisakan, and accommodates 404 guest rooms; it’s one of the largest hotels in Japan.

• Wakayama
• Inns

Engetsu Island

A landmark of the Nanki-Shirahama area, familiar as the subject of paintings, photographs, and postage stamps. The official name is “Takashima” but it’s commonly called “Engetsu-jima” because of the sea cave (hole) near the center of the island.

• Wakayama
• Tourist Attractions

ROKKO Forest Sound Museum

The ROKKO Forest Sound Museum, located on top of Mt. Rokko, is a museum exhibiting a collection of antique music boxes, automatic organs, and karakuri dolls made in Europe and America from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Visitors can enjoy automatic performances of music based on seasonal themes in the popular program "Concerts without Performers.

• Kobe
• Museums

Yamanakadani

Yamanakadani is located near the border of Osaka and Wakayama prefectures. It was once a post town on the Kishu-kaido highway used by the Kishu Tokugawa family when they made the SANKIN KOUTAI (a system in which feudal lords travel back and forth between their fiefdom and Edo every other year).

• Kishiwada, Kansai Airport, Senshu
• Tourist Attractions