NorthWest WaAdachi Museum of Art
Museum known for its landscaped Japanese garden.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-15
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Major sights, linked to their official sites.
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Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park (Mine City Tourism)
Official Mine City guide to the Akiyoshidai karst plateau and Akiyoshido cave.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-17
Ashikaga Flower Park
Flower park famous for its giant wisteria in spring and its winter illuminations.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-17
Hitachi Seaside Park
National government park known for its seasonal flower hills: blue nemophila in spring and red kochia in autumn.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-17
Itsukushima Shrine area (Miyajima)
Official Miyajima tourist association site.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-15
Kairakuen
Mito plum-blossom garden.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-15
Kawagoe (Koedo)
Old warehouse district, official Kawagoe tourism.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-15
Kenrokuen Garden
Kanazawa's famous landscape garden.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-15
Kurobe Gorge Railway
Sightseeing trolley train that runs deep into the Kurobe Gorge in the Northern Alps. Operates seasonally.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-17
Miho Museum
Art museum in the Shiga hills designed by I. M. Pei, with ancient world and Japanese art collections.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-17
Naoshima (Benesse Art Site)
Art island in the Seto Inland Sea.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-15
Otsuka Museum of Art
Naruto museum of full-size ceramic-tile reproductions of famous Western paintings.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-17
Ritsurin Garden
Large Edo-period strolling garden in Takamatsu.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-15
Ryugado Cave
Limestone cave east of Kochi city, a nationally designated natural monument.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-17
Sakurajima (Kagoshima City)
Active volcano across the bay from Kagoshima city.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-15
Sand Museum (Tottori Sand Dunes)
Indoor museum beside the Tottori Sand Dunes showing huge sand sculptures on a changing theme. It closes between exhibitions, so check the dates.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-18
Sengan-en
Shimazu family garden villa in Kagoshima, looking across the bay to Sakurajima.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-17
Suizenji Jojuen
Kumamoto stroll garden laid out by the Hosokawa lords around a spring-fed pond, with a small grassy hill shaped like Mt Fuji.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-18
Takachiho Tourism Association
Official guide to Takachiho Gorge, its shrines and the nightly kagura performances.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-17
Tottori Sand Dunes
Coastal dunes, official site.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-15
Yoshinogari Historical Park
Large park on one of Japan's biggest Yayoi-period settlement sites, with rebuilt moats, watchtowers and raised-floor buildings.
Source: Official website ยท Verified 2026-10-18
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