Activities Akame 48 Waterfalls Chris Glenn Stunning Akame 48 Waterfalls, spiritually refreshing landscapes, in one of Japan’s most pristine forests, along one of Japan’...
Area Tsu Chris Glenn Tsu City is the capital of Mie Prefecture. It’s home to 284,969 people (July 2011 figures), covers a land mass of some 401 sq...
Culture The Grand Ise Jingu Chris Glenn The Grand Shrine of Ise comprises two separate shrines, the Naiku and Geku. From ancient times, worshippers would visit the G...
Activities Meoto-Iwa and Futami Okitama Shrine Camille Dufour-Blain Although Ise is mainly famous for Ise Jingu, it is also a very nice coastal city with other great sights to see like the Meot...
Ise Jingu, Naiku Tomoko Kamishima Ise Jingu's Naiku enshrines the God of the Sun. It is the ancestor God of the Emperor, and the ancestor God of all Japanese!
8 Culture The Holy Shinto Shrine Ise Jingu Masato Kitamura Ise Jingu in Ise City is the most sacred Shinto shrine in Japan. Last year (2013) the famous Shikinen Sengu ceremony was held...
6 Activities Views from the Gozaisho Ropeway Hana Joy High among the mountains of Mie prefecture, the Gozaisho Ropeway stretches over 2 kilometers of picturesque scenery.
Activities Seki-Juku and Jizo-in Temple Chris Glenn The best preserved of 53 post stations on the Old Tokaido is Seki-Juku. Houses, shops and temples from the middle ages remain...
