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Elegant gardens and ponds grace a scenic park filled with hundreds of irises in summer, while the zoo lets you get close to pandas and monkeys.

An animal park and a children’s playground stand beside a youth baseball field and colorful flower displays in this serene park.

Discover what life was like for mountain farmers during the Edo period at this preserved rural village.

Elegant gardens and ponds grace a scenic park filled with hundreds of irises in summer, while the zoo lets you get close to pandas and monkeys.

Art, elaborate gardens and a giant gate await at this temple that stands tall as one of the most important of its kind in the country.

Discover what life was like for mountain farmers during the Edo period at this preserved rural village.

Admire the grandiose aesthetic of this mansion, once home to a successful and wealthy merchant family. 

Baseball, soccer and tennis fields stand beside a jogging track and cherry blossoms in a riverside park that also has a life-saving purpose.

Elegant gardens and ponds grace a scenic park filled with hundreds of irises in summer, while the zoo lets you get close to pandas and monkeys.

See an extensive collection of artworks by famous European modern masters and Japanese painters working in the Western style at this charming museum.

Art, elaborate gardens and a giant gate await at this temple that stands tall as one of the most important of its kind in the country.

Discover what life was like for mountain farmers during the Edo period at this preserved rural village.

An animal park and a children’s playground stand beside a youth baseball field and colorful flower displays in this serene park.

Futuristic and fascinating, Tokyo is a world city that should be on everyone\'s travel agenda.

Join pilgrims on an 88-temple voyage or climb the highest mountain in Western Japan on this island of history, nature and traditional life.

An animal park and a children’s playground stand beside a youth baseball field and colorful flower displays in this serene park.

A widow built this temple in 1606 to pay homage to her late warrior husband. Today, it survives as an eye-catching site of tranquility with postcard-pretty gardens.

Discover what life was like for mountain farmers during the Edo period at this preserved rural village.

An animal park and a children’s playground stand beside a youth baseball field and colorful flower displays in this serene park.

This temple is a hidden gem with majestic halls that open to the public on select occasions.