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You can see various beautiful figures of Itsukushima Shrine by the tidal current because its precinct partly belongs to the sea. Big Torii floating on the sea at high tide is wonderful, but what is more, at low tide, you can walk to it and see the beautiful reflection in the pool.◎The most beautiful reflection can be seen when the Torii is soaked a little bit in the water. You need to look for a pool with no waves.
Name
Itsukushima Shrine
Address
1-1 Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi-shi, HiroshimaGoogle Map
Tel
0829-44-2020
Hours
6:30-18:00
How to get there
Go to Miyajima-guchi Station of JR or Hiroden (streetcar), then walk to ferry terminal. There're two ferry terminals of Matsudai Kisen or JR, both of them go to Miyajima for 10 or 15 min. To Itsukushima Shrine, 10 min walk from Miyajima Port.
In the daytime, the sunlight comes in beautifully from the glass. And in the night, we can take very cool photos like these. The scenery born from the iron frameworks and glass is worth seeing once.
Name
Tokyo International Forum
Address
3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
Tel
03-5221-9000
Hours
7:00-23:30
How to get there
1 min walk from Yurakucho Station, or 5 min walk from Tokyo Station. 30 min by car or taxi from Tokyo Station.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Okayama's popular tourist destination 'Bikan Chiku (Historical Quarter)'. It was flourished as a merchant town and now it leaves buildings with beautiful white walls and willow trees along the river, which are the taste of Edo Period. You can enjoy boating and rickshaw like traveling to the old times of Japan. And also the delicious food around here.◎Access: about 10min from Kurashiki Station. There're lot of parking lots around the area. The boating is so popular that you should buy tickets as soon as you arrive.
Name
Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter
Address
Chuo, Kurashiki-shi, OkayamaGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min walk from Kurashiki Station
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
At Iya in Tokushima, Kazura Bridge is one of the three most curious bridges in Japan. The bridge is made from hardy kiwi. You can enjoy the thrills of creaking and swinging of the bridge and nice view of the valley at the same time.◎Toll: Adult￥550 Child￥350 Open: From sunrise to sunset, throughout the year
Name
Iya Kazura Bridge
Address
162-2 Zentokukazurabashi Nishiiyayama-mura, Miyoshi-shi, TokushimaGoogle Map
How to get there
30 min by bus, from Oboke Station
Shirakawa Village is a heavy snowfall area, but it snowed not so much for us to visit here this winter. And we can enjoy the snowy landscape as much as we want! It will snow more during February, so you're still in time to see this scenery.
Name
Shirakawago
Address
Ogi-machi Shirakawa-mura, Ono-gun, GifuGoogle Map
Tel
05769-6-1311
How to get there
10 min by car from Shirakawago IC. By bus, 50 min from Takayama Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
Osaka's major tourist spot, Tsutenkaku. There're many funny factors in this tower, but night Tsutenkaku is also nice! I admired illuminated Billiken, and then look outside, I could have a clear view of Abeno Harukas.◎It has easy access by train, and also toll parking area nearby. You can find nice Kushikatsu restaurants around Tsutenkaku, and Spa World Onsen in a walkable area. It's good for you to spend a whole day to enjoy Tsutenkaku and its around.
Name
Tsutenkaku Tower
Address
1-18-6 Ebisuhigashi Naniwa-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map
Tel
06-6641-9555
Hours
9:00-21:00
How to get there
5 min walk, from Ebisucho Station
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Name
Chionin
Address
400 Rinka-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-531-2111
Hours
9:00-16:30
How to get there
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Senso-ji Temple becomes so quiet and wrapped in a nice atmosphere at night, that the excitement of the daytime at Nakamise is not true. I found a very beautiful five-storied pagoda over the huge straw sandals at Hozomon Arch.◎A huge straw sandal is 4.5 meters tall, 1.5 meters in width, and 500 kg in weight. Since the first dedication in 1941, it's the eighth one. It expresses the power of Nio, the god in Hozomon Arch, and people say that the devil who sees the huge sandals fears and goes away...
Name
Senso-ji Temple
Address
2-3-1 Asakusa, Taito-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
Tel
03-3842-0181
Hours
6:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
5 min walk from Asakusa Station. By car or taxi, 30 min from Shinagawa Station, 20 min from Tokyo Station or 50 min from Hanada Airport.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
This underground space like the world of game 'DRAGON QUEST' is a stone pit site and about 20,000 square meters. So, you might come across some DRAGON QUEST monsters!
Name
OYA HISTORY MUSEUM
Address
909 Oya-machi, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi, Utsunomiya-shi, TochigiGoogle Map
Tel
028-652-1232
Hours
9:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 800 yen、Child 400 yen
How to get there
30 min by bus from JR Utsunomiya Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
The bridge is said that it is one of the three greatest bridges in japan (The others are Nihon-bashi bridge and Kintai-kyo bridge) and national important cultural property.
Shirohige Shrine stands by the Lake Biwa and is proud of the oldest history in Oumi region. To be surprised, its torii gate stands on the lake! We can see the illuminated torii at night, and the lightened by the rising sun in the early morning.
Name
Shirahige Shrine
Address
215 Ukawa, Takashima-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
Tel
0740-36-1555
How to get there
Parking
Parking area is available
Taketomi Island's time passes slowly. Traditional red tiles, cute Shisa, coral fences and white sand street… All of them makes us happy! You can also find many photogenic places with flowers all the year around.◎Izumiya with lovely arch of Bougainvillea is an inn! Access to Taketomi: 10~15 min by ferry from Ishigaki Port. 1150yen for a round-trip.
Name
Taketomi Island
Address
Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
By express ferry, 10 min from Ishigaki Port Rito Terminal in Ishigaki Island.
Nanzen-ji Suiro-kaku is a part of Biwa Lake Canal to bring the water to Kyoto from Biwa Lake. The beautiful arched bridges built of bricks considered the temple scenery and were designed in Meiji Era. They bring the water now in active service.
Name
Nanzen-ji Temple
Address
Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min walk from Keage Station. 25 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Nanzenji Eikando, then 10 min walk.
Many famous tourist spots become snow landscape in Kyoto. But, Keage Incline hardly ever be covered with snow, and its snow landscape can be seen only when it snows so much. So, I was very excited to be able to take this pictures.
Name
Keage Incline
Address
Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
3 min walk from Keage Station. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
A good sightseeing spot that you can appreciate the seasons and the history of Kyoto.
Name
Kinkakuji Temple
Address
1 Kinkakuji-cho Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-461-0013
Hours
9:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 400 yen、Child 300 yen
How to get there
By car, 25 min from Kyoto Higashi IC, 30 min from Kyoto Minami IC. By bus, 30 min from Kyoto Station to Kinkakuji Michi, then walk 5 min.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Very spacious park, you can enjoy arts and taking exercise.
Name
Moerenuma Park
Address
1-1 Moerenumakoen Higashi-ku, Sapporo-shi, HokkaidoGoogle Map
Tel
011-790-1231
Hours
7:00-22:00
How to get there
By car, 60 min from Sapporo Station, or 80 min from Shin Chitose Airport.
Parking
Parking area is available
Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine 'Momiji Garden' is well known as a beautiful place of scarlet maple leaves. There're about 350 trees of around 400 years old and the new green sceneries make people feel quiet and refreshed in May.
Name
Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine
Address
931 Bakuro-cho Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-461-0005
Hours
5:00-18:00
How to get there
30 min by bus from Kyoto Station. 5 min walk from Hakubai-cho Station. 25 min by car or taxi from Kyoto Station. Free parking area is available.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Kamakura's symbol and well-known second statue of Buddha of Kotoku-in. It struck by disasters many times, and there's few materials to know its birth. It attracts us mysteriously.
Name
Kotokuin
Address
4-2-28 Hase, Kamakura-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0467-22-0703
Hours
8:00-17:30
How to get there
The Imabari castle is illuminated in warm-color and looks like floating. Of course, it's also good in daytime.
Name
Imabari Castle
Address
3-1-3 Tori-cho, Imabari-shi, EhimeGoogle Map
Tel
0898-31-9233
Hours
9:00-17:00
How to get there
By car, 15 min from Imabari Kita IC, 20 min from Imabari Yunoura IC, or 70 min from Matsuyama Airport. Toll parking area is available. By bus, 7 min from Imabari Station to Imabari Castle.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
There're tasteful houses standing along the slope, you can enjoy seeing the townscape of Kyoto just the same as you associate. Even Starbucks opens in Kyoto style. Now, this area is designated as Kyoto's important preservation district of historic buildings.
Name
Ninenzaka Street
Address
1-294 Kiyomizu Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Higashiyama Yasui, then 7 min walk. 17 min walk from Keihan Kiyomizugojo Station. By taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
A Tasteful town Higashiyama is featured by this five storied pagoda.
Name
Yasaka Pagoda (Hokan-ji Temple)
Address
388 Shimizuyasakakami-machi Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
By bus, 20 min from Kyoto Station to Higashiyama Yasui, then 5 min walk. 15 min walk from Keihan Shijo Station. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
One of the most famous temples, Todai-ji in Nara. What I want to tell you specially, is 'Mantou Kuyoue' Ceremony on August 15th. The expression of The Daibutsu in the candle lights has something that cannot be told you by only pictures. It's impressive so much.
Name
Todai-ji Temple
Address
406 Zoshi-cho, Nara-shi, NaraGoogle Map
Tel
0742-22-5511
Hours
8:00-17:00,7:30-17:30
Fee
Adult 600 yen、Child 300 yen
How to get there
20 min walk from Kintetsu Nara Station. By bus from Kintetsu Nara Station, 4 min to 'Daibutsu-den Kasuga Taisha Mae', then 5 min walk. By bus from JR Nara Station, 10 min to 'Daibutsu-den Kasuga Taisha Mae', then 5 min walk. By car, 45 min from Osaka, or 60 min from Kyoto.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Only The Term Of Shikinen-zoutai! Cute White-deer Oracle Of Kasuga-taisha ShrineKasuga Taisha Shrine
Carving deer with an oracle (omikuji) in its mouth is popular, but a white-deer oracle given only during Shikinen-zoutai (repair of the shrine) is talked about its cuteness. Harry up, it's going to end in a short time!
Name
Kasuga Taisha Shrine
Address
160 Kasugano-cho, Nara-shi, NaraGoogle Map
Tel
0742-22-7788
Hours
6:00-18:00
How to get there
Parking
Toll parking area is available
It was repaired and very beautiful hall roofed with cypress bark. After walking around the extensive Nara Park and when you want to take a rest, here is the good relaxing place.
Name
Nara Park
Address
469 Zoshi-cho, Nara-shi, NaraGoogle Map
Tel
0742-27-8036
How to get there
On foot: 5 min from Kintetsu Nara Station, 20 min from JR Nara Station. By bus: 2 min from Kintetsu Nara Station, or 9 min from JR Nara Station to Nara Park. By car: 45 min from Osaka, 60 min from Kyoto.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
The 55 meters high five-storied pagoda can be seen from a distance, and it's popular enough to appear in many pictures as Kyoto scenery. The presence becomes bigger as you come closer. And with cherry blossoms in spring, fresh green in summer and colored leaves in automn, the harmonies with nature are lovely in all seasons.
Name
Toji Temple
Address
1 Kujyo-cho Minami-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-691-3325
Hours
5:00-17:00
How to get there
15 min walk from Kyoto Station, or 10 min walk from Toji Station. By bus, 10 min from Kyoto Station to Toji-mae.
Parking
Parking area is available
