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Kenroku-en

Kanazawa

This Edo-period garden draws its name (kenroku means 'combined six') from a renowned Sung-dynasty garden in China that dictated six attributes for…

滨苍耻测补尘补-箩ō

Central Honshū

A National Treasure, Japan's oldest standing castle is said to have originated as a fort in 1440. The current donjon (main keep), built atop a 40m rise…

窜别苍办ō-箩颈

Nagano Region

Founded in the 7th century, National Treasure 窜别苍办ō-箩颈 is home to the revered statue Ikkō-Sanzon, said to be the first Buddhist image to arrive in Japan …

Meiji-mura

Central Honshū

Due to war, earthquakes and development, few Meiji-era buildings have survived here. In 1965 this open-air museum was created to preserve this unique…

惭补迟蝉耻尘辞迟辞-箩ō

Matsumoto

Must-see 惭补迟蝉耻尘辞迟辞-箩ō is Japan's oldest wooden castle and one of four castles designated National Treasures – the others are Hikone, Himeji and Inuyama…

Togakushi-jinja

Nagano Region

Comprising three sub-shrines, Togakushi-Hōkōsha, Togakushi-Chūsha and Togakushi-Okusha, each a few kilometres apart, Togakushi-jinja honours the 1911m…

Gyokusen Inmaru Garden

Kanazawa

Adjacent to the Kanazawa Castle Park, this feudal pleasure garden was first constructed in 1634 but abandoned in the Meiji era. Its five-year…

础迟蝉耻迟补-箩颈苍驳ū

Nagoya

Although the current buildings were completed in 1966, 础迟蝉耻迟补-箩颈苍驳ū has been a shrine for over 1900 years and is one of the most sacred Shintō shrines in…