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Kochi Castle

Kochi Castle

Kochi Castle in Kochi Prefecture, Japan, was built following the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Construction of the castle too...

Kochi
Maizuru Park

Maizuru Park

Not far from Tenjin (central Fukuoka City) is one of Kyushu’s most prominent cherry blossom viewing spots. It’s a central hub...

Fukuoka
Takeda Castle

Takeda Castle

Takeda Castle is a ruined castle in the city of Asago, in the northern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is located north o...

Hyogo
Tsu Castle

Tsu Castle

Located in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Tsu Castle was built in 1558. Originally home to Hosono Fujiatsu, Oda Nobunaga took cont...

Mie
Oyamazumi Shrine

Oyamazumi Shrine

In the middle of Honshu and Shikoku, there's an island named Omishima which plays host to a Shinto shrine that served as a sa...

Ehime
Shiki Theatre Natsu

Shiki Theatre Natsu

The Shiki Theater Natsu was founded on July 14, 1953 by a group of ten university students who wanted to bring about a revolu...

Tokyo
Udo Jingu Shrine

Udo Jingu Shrine

Udo Jingu Shrine is one of Japan's rare coastal shrines, situated along the Nichinan coastline south of Miyazaki City. Overlo...

Miyazaki
Suizenji Garden

Suizenji Garden

Suizenji Jojuen is a traditional Japanese landscape garden that was laid out in the late 1600s. Due to its enormous size of 6...

Kumamoto
Sangenjaya

Sangenjaya

Sangenjaya is an area within the Setagaya district in Tokyo. The name Sangenjaya means "three tea houses", but the locals oft...

Tokyo
Suga Shrine

Suga Shrine

The Suga Shrine has been located in Yotsuya Tokyo since the Edo period and is considered the guardian of the eighteen distric...

Tokyo