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Gero Onsen: One of the three best hot springs in Japan
Gero Onsen is one of Japan's "Three Famous Hot Springs" (Nihon Sanmeisen), along with Arima Onsen an ... Read More
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Byodo-in: Where the Phoenix, a legendary bird, brings happiness
Byodo-in, located in the city of Uji in Kyoto, is a Buddhist temple associated with the Fujiwara cla ... Read More
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Shirakami-Sanchi: Like the flow of blue ink
This extensive mountain range covering an area of about 130,000 ha straddles both the nort ... Read More
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Gozan no Okuribi: Illuminating late summer night in Kyoto
Gozan no Okuribi (Daimonji), along with Gion Matsuri, is a major summer tradition in Kyoto. On Augu ... Read More
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Udo-Jingu Shrine
Surrounded by cliffs, Udo-Jingu is known as the shrine of matchmaking. It is set inside a natural c ... Read More
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Risshaku-ji
The poet Basho Matsuo was inspired to write this famous haiku at Risshaku-ji. "How still it is here ... Read More
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An old, wooden house in an alley: Morihiko
An old, wooden house in an alley: Morihiko The whole story started in 1996 from a tiny, wooden pr ... Read More
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Kusatsu Onsen
One of the three best hot springs in Japan. People have been visiting Kusatsu Onsen since the olden ... Read More
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Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
This festival first began in 1703 when the daimyo (feudal lord) of Kishiwada Castle, Okabe Nagayasu, ... Read More
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Sendai Tanabata Matsuri Festival
During the early Edo period, Date Masamune, the first warlord of the Sendai domain, promoted the Tan ... Read More
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Nebuta Matsuri Festival
The Nebuta floats featured in the festival are believed to have been invented by General Sakanoue-no ... Read More
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Izumo Taisha
This shrine is dedicated to the god Okuninushi, famous as the Shinto deity of marriage. The main sh ... Read More
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Itsukushima Shrine
The shrine complex, located in Miyajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, was designated as a UNESCO World Heri ... Read More
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Rokuonji (Kinkakuji)
Three-story pavilion, with pyramid style roof, constructed in 1397 by shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. A ... Read More
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Kiyomizudera
Famous for “Kiyomizu no Butai” (the stage of Kiyomizu), this temple is one of ancient Kyoto’s histor ... Read More
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Fukagawa Hachiman Matsuri Festival
Once every three years, the “hon-matsuri” (main festival) features a procession of the Hachimangu Sh ... Read More
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