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SHIRAHAMA KEY TERRACE HOTEL SEAMORE

Perched on a hill, this hotel offers magnificent ocean views unique to the Nanki-Shirahama area. Spend a relaxing, comfortable stay in an inviting atmosphere befitting this historic resort destination.

• Wakayama
• Hotels

Kumano-Nachi Taisha

In 662 BC, Kamuyamato-iware-hikonomikoto (became Emperor Jinmu) dedicated Nachi Waterfall as a god in this shrine. It is the head shrine of Kumano Shrines all over in Japan, known as one of the three major Kumano Shrines. It has another name, “Musubi no Miya” which means the shrine to bring a marriage and wishes to come true.

• Wakayama
• Shrines & Temples

Nachi Waterfall

Kumano-Nachi Taisha is the main shrine of over 4000 Kumano Shrines dotting Japan. This waterfall stands within the holy area, The grandest fall in Japan is 133m-tall, 13m-wide at the mouth, where water begins to fall, and the plunge pool is 10m-deep, and pours over 1 ton/second of water through three wedges which merges as one fall, thus called “Three Stream Fall.”

• Wakayama
• Nature Spots

Abashiri Prison Museum

Abashiri Prison Museum is an open-air historical museum within Abashiri Quasi-National Park. Covering an area equivalent to 3.5 Tokyo Domes, the museum preserves and displays relocated and restored buildings from the former Abashiri Prison.

• Shiretoko and Abashiri and Kitami and Monbetsu
• Museums

HAKUBA IWATAKE MOUNTAIN RESORT

A mountain resort with spectacular scenery, offering fresh greenery in spring, refreshing alpine landscapes in summer, and three-tiered autumn colors across the Japanese Northern Alps in fall. The snow resort opens in winter, featuring a magnificent 360-degree panorama of a magical snow-covered world and a wide variety of courses that extend in every direction across the natural terrain.

• Nagano
• Outdoors

Former Shibuya River Promenade (Cat Street)

A promenade on a side street one block away from the main avenue connecting Shibuya and Harajuku. Part of the Former Shibuya River Promenade, which extends from near the Jingumae Police Box, is popularly known as Cat Street and is lined with shops that are especially popular among young people. There are various theories about the nickname’s origin, including that there were many cats in the area and that the street was as narrow as a cat’s forehead.

• Aoyama, Omotesando, Harajuku
• Famous Places

Nanzenji Temple

In the latter half of the 13th century, Emperor Kameyama, who had defeated the Mongols (Yuan) twice, became the Pope and made the temple the first imperial temple in Japan as a Zen temple. After the main temple complex was built by Norian Soen, it was succeeded by Issan Ichinei, a high priest who was dispatched to Japan as an envoy of the Gen.

• Okazaki, Ginkakuji, Ohara
• Shrines & Temples

Shoju-in Temple

Shoju-in Temple, said to have been established in 1200 as a sub-temple of Iozan Iokyo-ji Temple, is a historic temple in Ujitawara, known as the birthplace of green tea in Kyoto. Its principal image is the Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva, a hidden Buddhist statue unveiled only once every 50 years. Highlights include a seated statue of Fudo Myoo created by Kaikei during the Kamakura period and designated a National Important Cultural Property, as well as 160 ceiling paintings in the guest hall depicting flowers and scenes from across Japan.

• Uji, Joyo, Yawata
• Shrines & Temples