Culture Meiji Jingu Shrine Francesco Agresti A Shinto shrine located in Shibuya, dedicated to the spirits of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shouken
Culture Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trails Alena Eckelmann For over 1,000 years Kumano has attracted Japanese worshippers and seekers, and old trails, more or less intact, cross-cross ...
Culture Lee Ufan Museum, Naoshima Peter Sidell On the 'art island' of Naoshima in Japan's Kagawa prefecture, the Lee Ufan Museum showcases this Korean artist, whose simple ...
Culture Visiting Ushiku Daibutsu Peter Sidell An hour north-east of Tokyo, the Ushiku Daibutsu is a towering statue of the Amida Buddha. A full hundred and twenty meters t...
10 Culture Shinnyo-do Temple, Kyoto - 1 Larry Knipfing Shinnyo-do was founded in 984. It is a lovely, secluded temple that is quiet and serene, but in autumn when the foliage is in...
6 Culture Five-story Pagoda Faye Close Five-story Pagoda located near Sensouji Temple in Asakura, Tokyo.
Culture Mitaki Temple Paul Walsh This mountainside temple is one of Hiroshima hidden gems; a truly enchanted place in which to recharge one's batteries.
6 Culture Yoyogi National Gymnasium Hoyee Tse Kenzo Tange offered this masterpiece for his nation to show its place to the world in the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
10 Culture Matsunaga Memorial Estate Shehzad Lokhandwalla Get the opportunity to see how the Japanese elite lived
Culture Takamatsuzuka Mural Hall in Asuka Tony Mariani An early Japanese tomb showing Korean influence and star constellations.
