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Places

175 places · Cities and regions across Japan

Find your next
discovery.

Choose a single stop, follow a neighbourhood walk or find an idea for a rainy day. Explore cities and regions across Japan through real photos, maps and practical visitor details.

New city collection

Explore Kyoto

20 places, 3 half-day walks and 3 guides for choosing by weather, craft or gardens.

Open the Kyoto collection →Temple gardens, makers, museums, market streets and classic cafés

New city collection

Explore Osaka

20 places, 3 half-day walks and 3 guides for choosing by weather, food or neighbourhood.

Open the Osaka collection →Art, kitchen craft, market streets, tea and hands-on experiences

New city collection

Explore Fukuoka

17 places, 3 half-day walks and 3 guides for choosing by weather, gardens, food or craft.

Open the Fukuoka collection →Hakata, Ohori, Dazaifu, islands and the Itoshima coast

New city collection

Explore Nagoya

16 places, 3 half-day walks and 3 guides for choosing museums, gardens, historic streets or a coffee break.

Open the Nagoya collection →Making, ceramics, Osu, the Cultural Path and garden afternoons

New regional collection

Explore Hokkaido

18 places across five areas, 3 local half-day walks and 3 guides to culture, rainy days and seasonal landscapes.

Open the Hokkaido collection →Sapporo, Otaru, Hakodate, Asahikawa–Biei–Furano and the southern lake and onsen area

New regional collection

Explore Tohoku

18 places across all six prefectures, 3 local half-day walks and 3 guides to museums, architecture and living traditions.

Open the Tohoku collection →Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Miyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima

Tokyo half-day walks

A manageable route, with time estimates and walking directions.

Asakusa & Kuramae →Views, kitchenware and neighbourhood shrinesYanaka & Nezu →Sculpture, local shops and a shrineNihonbashi →Money, a bridge and Japanese artHarajuku & Aoyama →Ukiyo-e, Omotesando and a museum gardenShinjuku →A shrine-to-skyline walk across the district

Choose a Tokyo day

Start with your budget, interests or the weather.

Free visits →Five stops without an admission ticketRainy days →Indoor choices with practical caveatsWith kids →Play, vehicles, books and game shopsArt & architecture →Choose a museum by what you enjoyCraft & design →Useful objects and places to understand them

175 guides in 6 categories

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Cafés & food 14

Coffee, tea, sweets and places to share a table.

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Nakazakicho — dated exterior or area photograph

Osaka · Nakazaki / near Umeda

Nakazakicho ↗

Older low-rise streets accommodate independent cafés, clothing shops and small businesses close to Umeda.

Plan your visit →Photo: DVMG, 2010 · by/3.0; card cropped to fit under the same licence.

Craft & shopping 19

Browse makers, choose useful objects or book a hands-on workshop.

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Factory tours & food museums 18

Follow familiar flavours back to the people and processes behind them.

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Mayoterrace’s red mayonnaise-cap entrance with a Kewpie figure and vegetable-shaped seating.

Sengawa · Kewpie food experience

Mayoterrace ↗

Enter Kewpie’s playful mayonnaise experience centre in Sengawa; free visits include designated English courses.

Plan your visit →
Visitors looking at a wall of small Glico giveaway toys at Glicopia East.

Kitamoto, Saitama · Pocky & Pretz factory tour

Glicopia East ↗

Discover Pocky, Pretz and Glico toy history in Kitamoto; choose a weekday to improve your chance of seeing Pocky production.

Plan your visit →

Art & architecture 58

Design collections, distinctive buildings and windows into everyday history.

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Museum of Kyoto — archival photograph from 2010

Kyoto · Sanjo / Karasuma Oike

Museum of Kyoto ↗

The Museum of Kyoto brings the city’s history and culture into focus, with changing exhibitions and a distinctive red-brick annex.

Plan your visit →Photo: J o, 2010 · by-sa/3.0; card cropped to fit under the same licence.

Science & engineering 7

Hangars, flood-control engineering and a former stone quarry.

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Local discoveries 59

A temple walk, an onsen break, rides and a beauty-shopping stop.

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Otagi Nenbutsuji — archival photograph from 2023

Kyoto · Northern Arashiyama

Otagi Nenbutsuji ↗

Expressive stone figures make this hillside temple a distinctive stop beyond the central Arashiyama streets.

Plan your visit →Photo: Dudva, 2023 · cc0; card cropped to fit under the same licence.
Osaka Tenmangu — dated exterior or area photograph

Osaka · Tenma / Minamimorimachi

Osaka Tenmangu ↗

Associated with Sugawara no Michizane and learning, Osaka Tenmangu adds a place of worship to a shopping-street afternoon.

Plan your visit →Photo: Sakai Yayoi, 2026 · cc0; card cropped to fit under the same licence.
Hozenji Yokocho lane beside Hozenji in Osaka, 2023

Osaka · Namba / Hozenji Yokocho

Hozenji ↗

Hozenji offers a compact pause in the Namba district, with the water-splashed Fudo figure and the nearby lanes giving the visit its character.

Plan your visit →Photo: Mr.ちゅらさん, 2023 · by-sa/4.0; card cropped to fit under the same licence.
Tochoji Temple — location photograph, 2023

Fukuoka · Gion / Hakata Old Town

Tochoji Temple ↗

Tochoji brings a pagoda, historic halls and the wooden Fukuoka Daibutsu into a compact temple visit near Gion Station.

Plan your visit →Photo: Hirho, 2023 · by-sa/4.0; card cropped to fit under the same licence.
Ohori Park — location photograph, 2026

Fukuoka · Ohori / Chuo Ward

Ohori Park ↗

A large pond, islands and bridges make Ohori Park an easy place to spend an unhurried morning.

Plan your visit →Photo: Hirho, 2026 · by/4.0; card cropped to fit under the same licence.
Ouchi-juku — archival location photograph, 2017

Tohoku · Fukushima / Shimogo

Ouchi-juku ↗

Thatched buildings line the former route through Ouchi-juku, where shops and homes share the same spaces.

Plan your visit →Photo: Σ64, 2017 · by/4.0; card cropped to fit under the same licence.

Cities & cultural destinations

Go deeper with our Wiki introductions to cities, regional history and living traditions.

Shimane · San’in

Matsue

Follow the water. Find the stories.

A surviving castle keep, moats and tea culture make Matsue a rewarding place to read the landscape slowly. Look beyond the tower to the waterways and streets that shaped the city.

Castle towns & tea

Fukushima · Tōhoku

Aizuwakamatsu

A castle town with many layers.

Explore the stories around Tsuruga Castle, then follow Aizu’s lacquerware, gardens and regional culture. The reconstructed keep is one chapter in a much longer history.

History & craft

Saitama · Kantō

Omiya Bonsai Art Museum

A different way of seeing trees.

Living bonsai, viewing stones and carefully chosen containers reveal an art shaped by time. The museum connects this way of looking with the nearby Omiya Bonsai Village.

Living arts

Ishikawa · Hokuriku

Kanazawa

Look closely at the craft of a city.

Kenrokuen, former castle-town districts and traditions of gold leaf, textiles and ceramics offer different ways into Kanazawa’s cultural life.

Gardens & craft

Nagasaki · Kyushu

Nagasaki

A city shaped by encounters.

A steep-sided harbor, Dejima and layers of international exchange open a wider view of Japan’s history. Make space, too, for the city’s places of peace and remembrance.

Port cities & exchange

Let curiosity choose the route.

Historic cities ↗Read the streets, waterways and layers of a city.Shrines & temples ↗Explore sacred places through their history and traditions.Art & craft ↗Get to know the practices behind the places.

Start with the story, then plan the visit. Explore practical place guides and sourced Wiki articles about cities and cultural places. Check the venue or local tourism website for current opening times, reservations and access before travelling.

Photography & credits

Existing photographs are displayed with crops to fit the cards.

  • Matsue: Mister99 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Aizuwakamatsu: Bernie Ongewe (Simpleharmonicmotion) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Omiya Bonsai Art Museum: Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
  • Kanazawa: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5.
  • Nagasaki: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Sakurai Japanese Tea Experience: Spiral, the building housing Sakurai on the fifth floor; this shows the exterior, not the tea room. 2010 photograph by Rs1421. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0. Displayed with a crop to fit the card.
  • Asakusa Amezaiku Ameshin: Ameshin’s fan-shaped candy, shown in 2024 event press materials. These are finished products, not the rabbit workshop outcome. Photo: Mitsui Fudosan Retail Management / PR TIMES.
  • Meikyoku Kissa Lion: Lion’s listening room, from 2023 press materials for Serai magazine. Photo: Shogakukan / Serai / PR TIMES.
  • Ganso Shokuhin Sample-ya: Food-sample making, from Recruit’s 2025 press materials. Photo: Recruit / Jalan / PR TIMES.
  • Intermediatheque: The museum galleries, from 2022 tourism press materials. Spatial and exhibition design © UMUTworks. Photo: Chiyoda City Tourism Association / PR TIMES.
  • CUPNOODLES Museum Yokohama: Museum galleries, shown in Recruit / Jalan’s 2025 press materials. Credit: じゃらん 気軽に楽しめる関東の観光スポットランキング. Source: PR TIMES.
  • Oi Ocha Museum: Oi Ocha Museum gallery, from Ito En’s 2024 opening press materials. Photo: Ito En. Source: PR TIMES.
  • Super Dry Hall: Archive photo montage from Asahi Group Holdings’ 2020 release. The daytime view shows the tower and hall; the temporary illumination pictured is historical. Source: PR TIMES.
  • Asakusa Hanayashiki: Hanayashiki promotional photograph from 2026 summer press materials. Photo: Hanayashiki. Seasonal programmes and ride availability vary. Source: PR TIMES.
  • Omoide Yokocho: Omoide Yokocho, from Recruit / Jalan’s 2024 press materials. Credit: じゃらん 旅先で楽しみたい横丁ランキング. Source: PR TIMES.
  • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo: Roastery exterior, shown in Nihon Kotsu’s 2021 press materials. Archive photograph; the former travel package is not part of this guide. Source: PR TIMES.
  • Some no Sato Ochiai: The studio’s stencil-dyeing work area, from its 2023 press materials. Photo: Some no Sato Ochiai / @Press. This archive view shows the working studio, not a guaranteed workshop seating arrangement.
  • Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum: The museum streetscape, from DNP’s 2024 announcement of the museum’s visitor navigation service. Photo supplied in DNP / PR TIMES press materials.
  • Printing Museum, Tokyo: The letterpress studio, from the museum’s 2020 renewal announcement. Archive photograph: TOPPAN / PR TIMES.
  • Ichiran no Mori Itoshima: Ichiran no Mori Itoshima, from the company’s July 2025 press materials. Photo: ICHIRAN / PR TIMES.
  • @cosme TOKYO: The third-floor fragrance area introduced in March 2025. Photo: istyle / PR TIMES. Displays and product availability change.
  • 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT: Exterior photographed in 2008 by Wiiii. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0. Image unchanged; card display may crop the view.
  • Tokyo Somei Onsen SAKURA: Official facility introduction from Tokyo Somei Onsen SAKURA, published December 2025. Watch on YouTube.
  • Gotokuji Temple: Maneki-neko offerings photographed in July 2023 by Ménestor. Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0.
  • Sokichi: Kiriko glass examples supplied for Sokichi’s 2022 workshop feature; finished results vary. Photo: Tokyu Hotels / PR TIMES.
  • Toraya Akasaka: Exterior photographed in September 2021 by Nesnad. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0. Image unchanged; card view may crop it.
  • Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan: Exterior photographed in August 2007 by jmho. Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0.
  • Ishikawa Brewery: Official Ishikawa Brewery introduction, embedded from the operator’s visitor page. Watch on YouTube.
  • Oya History Museum: The underground quarry, from AMUSE QUEST’s 2020 press materials. Photo: AMUSE QUEST / PR TIMES. Lighting and visitor routes may change.
  • Kikkoman Soy Sauce Museum: Museum entrance photographed on 26 June 2024 by Archiroid21. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image unchanged; card view may crop it under the same licence.
  • Kirin Brewery Yokohama: Brewery entrance photographed in 2009 by Kamemaru2000; this is an archival exterior view. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0. Image unchanged; card view may crop it under the same licence.
  • Glicopia East: Glicopia East’s toy display, from Glico’s June 2023 press materials. Photo: Ezaki Glico / PR TIMES. Displays may change.
  • Suntory Musashino Brewery: Exterior photographed on 16 February 2017 by Fuchu. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image unchanged; card view may crop it under the same licence. This archival view predates the 2024 tour renewal.
  • Ajinomoto Kawasaki Factory: Exterior photographed on 3 August 2019 by Suikotei. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image unchanged; card view may crop it under the same licence.
  • Suzuhiro Kamaboko Museum: Artisans making the special Hajime kamaboko, from Suzuhiro’s October 2023 press materials. This seasonal product is not a daily demonstration. Photo: Suzuhiro / PR TIMES.
  • JAL SKY MUSEUM: The museum’s digital timeline, shown in JAL’s September 2025 renewal announcement. Photo: Japan Airlines / PR TIMES.
  • Mayoterrace: Mayoterrace during an April 2025 media and fan tour. Photo: Tou Kewpie / PR TIMES.
  • G-Cans Underground Discharge Channel: The underground pressure-adjustment tank, photographed on 2 November 2018 by Ubahnverleih. Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0.