40817141.676622 Yamuwakkanai Onsen Minato-no-yu (ヤムワッカナイ温泉 港のゆ), 1-6-28 Wakkanai Port (稚内市港1丁目6-28) (10– to 15-min walk S of the railway station along the...

(四季の味ちひろ), 801 Yoshida, ☏ +81-73-431-3939. 11:30-14:40, 17:00-23:00. Lunch ¥1000-2000, dinner ¥6000-8000.  34.274508135.06750731 Osakaya (加太淡嶋温泉 大阪屋ひいなの湯)...

Oka no Kura (道の駅 丘のくら), 1-9-21, Honmachi 本町1丁目9番21号 (5-min walk from Biei station), ☏ +81 166 92-0920. 09:00-17:00. Road Station. (道の駅) It sell specialty...

(Orchard in the Forest) (森の中の果樹園), Hirosaki, Totsurazawa, Kutsuwa−426 (about 1 hour from central Hirosaki), ☏ +81 80-1821-3059. 09:00-17:00. Admission gets you...

Station. Iwata Museum of Fragrance (磐田香りの博物館, Iwata Kaori no Hakubutsukan), Tatsuno 2019-15, ☏ +81 53 836-8891. 09:30-17:00, closed Mondays. This unique museum...

is about 20 minutes by bus from Toyosaka Station. Day trip Bijin no Yu (美人の湯). 10:00-22:00. Public bath. ¥500.  Hotel Hisagosou (ホテルひさご荘). 10:00-14:30...

The Narrow Road to the Deep North (奥の細道 Oku no Hosomichi) is the title of famed haiku poet Matsuo Basho's most famous work, a poem-filled travelogue through...

Children's Castle (えひめこどもの城 Kodomo no Jō), 108 Nishinochō, Otsu, ☏ +81 89-963-3300. Tu-Su 09:00-17:00, closed Dec 29-Jan 1. This vast playground (350...

086737130.0181291 Yoshida Hyakunen-zakura (吉田の百年桜, 納戸料の百年桜, Nandoryo no Hyakunen Sakura), 嬉野町大字下野甲716-1. A tree lives a hundred years. (updated Dec 2024)...

Mikawa-Tahara-eki). (updated Aug 2019) 34.578513137.0377071 Hii Stone Gates (日出の石門, Hiinosekimon). Beautiful stone arches carved by the sea.  34.57939137.0161072...

Exchange Museum (日本の鬼の交流博物館) (take the Kyoto Tango Railway Miyafuku Line to Ōe (20 minutes, ¥320), then a taxi for 15 minutes). 09:00-17:00 (last admission...

to the village is the Japanese game series Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に, 2002) and the anime series that followed. Although the village residents...

Hanshin Earthquake on January 17, 1995. This city is also the setting for the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱). While taking pictures of...

minutes, ¥900 round-trip). (updated Dec 2021) 33.9743130.96063 Hinoyama (火の山). At 268 meters high, Hinoyama offers good views of the Kanmon Straits. There's...

921168139.6300873 Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (埼玉県立歴史と民俗の博物館). Exhibits artifacts from around Saitama Prefecture with information about...

¥100.   35.356222136.6118332 Oku no Hosomichi Haiku Journey Museum (奥の細道むすびの地記念館). A museum dedicated to the famous poet Matsuo Basho's journey from...

Myojin Cho. Tu-Su 09:00-17:00. Free. (updated Jan 2017) The hot springs towns of Yunoko Onsen (湯の児温泉) and Yunotsuru Onsen (湯の鶴温泉) are nearby. Tsunagi...

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054533141.3601696 Toyoko Inn Sapporo Susukino South (東横INN札幌すすきの南), South 6 East 2 1-1, ☏ +81 11 551-1045, fax: +81 11 561-2045. A reliable business hotel...

Traditional Housing (いわき市役所 暮らしの伝承郷), 4-16 Sanya, Shimoyada, Kashima-machi, ☏ +81 246-29-2230. Apr-Sep: W-M 09:00-17:00, Oct-Mar: W-M 09:30-16:30. Reproduced...