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The Yumoto Koichi Memorial Japan Yokai Museum displays historical artefacts and interactive digital installations on yokai, Japanese folk monsters. The exhibition is based on 5,000 items from ethnologist Yumoto Kuichi's collection (in Japanese).
Kamakura is a very popular tourist destination. It has numerous temples, shrines and other historical monuments, and it is quite close to Tokyo.
For tourists who are looking for a free walking tour guide in Nara. University students guide you in English as volunteers.
Miyazaki, land of southern sun and natural splendour. The recent addition of excellent cuisine made from the finest local ingredients and natural hot springs makes the Phoenix Seagaia Resort a prime international destination resort in Japan.
The Fuchu Art Museum (府中市美術館) is located in Fuchu no Mori Park in western Tokyo. It was opened in October 2000. Exhibits from around 2000 collections are on permanent display, along with the Ushijima Noriyuki Memorial Hall. There are frequent exhibitions
InsideOsaka.com is an online guide to Osaka written by Chris Rowthorn, author of Lonely Planet Japan guides.
InsideKyoto.com is an online guide to Kyoto written by Chris Rowthorn, author of Lonely Planet Kyoto.
Kanazawa Station (金沢駅 Kanazawa-eki) is a major railway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), the private railway operator Hokuriku Railroad, and the third-sector operator IR Ishikawa Railway.
The official Fukui travel site, Fukui dot-com, is run by Fukui Prefectural Tourism Federation: Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, hot springs, the beautiful Echizen Coast and Wakasa Bay, accommodations, sightseeing spots access ranking, delicious food, su
Wakasa Obama is known as a little Kyoto, located just 3 hours from Kansai Airport. It is a region rich in history and cuisine, blessed with untouched sea and mountains, the Japanese cultural heritage of the Saba Kaido (Mackerel Road), and many shrines and
The San'in Kaigan Geopark (山陰海岸ジオパーク) is a geopark in Japan. The area was declared a Japanese Geopark in 2008, and a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2010. The underlying themes of the Geopark are "geological features, the natural environment, people's lives, and
The Genbudō Museum (玄武洞ミュージアム) was reinaugurated in March 2018 and exhibits precious stones, rare minerals and fossils of prehistoric animals such as the Tyrannosaurus rex, the Pterosaur as well as the skeleton of an Asian mammoth.
Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork was established in 1999 as a research institution for breeding and reintroduction of the Oriental White Stork, a special natural monument of Japan. It also seeks to reintroduce the storks to the wild based on scienti
A grand adventure awaits you in Tajima, where you can do anything from hiking and skiing to paragliding. Not only can you discover the wonders of the Sea of Japan and its unique environment, but you can have a very traditional, Japanese experience while e
The castle town of Izushi is often referred to as Little Kyoto because of its historical buildings from the Meiji Era, such as the Eirakukan (a playhouse) and the Izushi Meijikan. The locally made Izushi soba (buckwheat noodles) are a speciality of the ar
A private art Museum in Tottori housing over 30,000 artefacts of Japanese culture.
Stately home and gardens of the Shimadzu family: Sengan-en is a traditional garden and stately home built by the 19th head of the Shimadzu family, Mitsuhisa, in 1658. Sengan-en uses the principle of "borrowed scenery", and incorporates the background elem
Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum (人道の港 敦賀ムゼウム) is a museum that displays the history of Tsuruga Port, located in Kanegasaki Park, Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan. It emphasizes Chiune Sugihara, who saved the lives of many Jewish refugees during World War II by issui
The Ichijodani Asakura Family Museum (一乗谷朝倉氏遺跡資料館)
