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Gujo Hachiman Former Town Hall Memorial Hall

A general tourist information center in Gujo Hachiman, where the streetscape of the old castle town remains, housed in a retro building. This Western-style, two-story wooden structure was built in 1936 and has a total floor area of Approx. 800 square meters. Its balanced design features wooden exterior siding and tall, narrow windows. The roof structure uses truss construction, a method also used for gymnasiums and halls, making it a building that used state-of-the-art technology for its time.

• Gifu
• Stations & Roadside Stations & Tourist Information Centers

Blue Bottle Coffee Kiyosumi Shirakawa Flagship Cafe

The popular coffee shop born in California, USA opened the first shop in Japan in October, 2019, as Kiyosumi Shirakawa Flagship Cafe.

• Ryogoku, Ningyocho, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Kinshicho
• Cafés

Nagoya Castle

One of the largest castles in Japan, built in the early Edo period on the orders of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Edo shogunate, the five-story castle tower is topped with shining two Kinshachi, one male and one female that has become a symbol of Nagoya.

• Nagoya
• Tourist Attractions

Sekai no Yamachan Main Store

The specialty of this restaurant is the "Maboroshi no Tebasaki", which would make you absolutely addicted for its spiciness and flavor of the "Maboroshi no Kosho（Phantom pepper）" and "Hiden no Tare(Secret sauce)".

• Nagoya
• Japanese Cuisine

Okinawa Outlet Mall Ashibinaa

Built near the Toyosaki Seaside Park Beach, Okinawa's first outlet mall is named "Ashibinaa," which means "playground" in Okinawan language, symbolizing a gathering place for people of all generations.

• Naha, Shuri, Itoman, Nanjo
• Commercial Buildings

Towada Lake Sightseeing Cruise

Lake Towada is a caldera lake formed by volcanic activity that began roughly 200,000 years ago. Renowned as one of Aomori’s most scenic destinations, it offers breathtaking views that can be fully enjoyed from the water aboard a sightseeing cruise.

• Aomori
• Experiences Facilities

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

“Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium” is a popular tourist spot, located in Okinawa’s Kaiyohaku Park. If you take the building’s escalator down from the 4th floor to the 3rd, you’ll find yourself at the entrance to the aquarium. The aquarium is designed as a “deep dive” into the ocean as you go down to the 2nd and 1st floors, so as you descend, a magnificent world filled with mysterious Okinawan ocean creatures unfolds before you!

• Yanbaru, Nago, Motobu
• Zoos & Aquariums

Naha Airport

Naha Airport sits on Okinawa’s main island, serving as Japan’s southern gateway to the world. Flights here service a regular roster of domestic flights to major cities including Tokyo (Haneda), Osaka (Kansai), Nagoya (Chubu), and Fukuoka, while international routes link Okinawa directly with several Asian destinations. In addition to frequent flight options to Okinawa’s outlying islands, including Ishigaki, Miyako, and Kume, the airport sees over 20 million passengers each year.

• Naha, Shuri, Itoman, Nanjo
• Airplanes & Airport

America-mura

In the 1970s, the area around Nishi-Shinsaibashi came to be known as "America-mura" because the warehouses were converted into stores that began selling used clothes, records, and miscellaneous goods that were imported from the west coast of the United States.

• Shinsaibashi, Namba, Nipponbashi (Minami)
• Shopping Streets

Minatogawa Stateside Town

A unique spot created by renovating foreign residences built in the 1950s and 1960s for U.S. military personnel, now lined with cafes, variety shops, galleries, and more. Appearing suddenly in a residential neighborhood in Urasoe City, its retro American-style streetscape offers one of Okinawa’s most distinctly international atmospheres.

• Yomitan, Chatan, Okinawa City, Uruma, Kitanakagusuku, Urasoe
• Tourist Attractions