The ultimate guide to Japan travel
Celebrating the Art of Kaga Yuzen fabric dyeing, this small museum showcases beautiful examples as well as offering workshops, a chance to try on …
A free museum with two former footsoldier homes transplanted from their original locations. The museum has nicely maintained homes once belonging …
More garden than building, the ruins are a simple set up of stables with displays on the use of the buildings and their history.
One of the few preserved tea houses in the area, Ochaya Shima has been designated an Important Cultural Asset of Japan. Built in 1820, the tea …
Small but also free, this museum focuses on the life and exploits of novelist Shimada Seijiro as well as having a geisha guest room on the second …
A museum dedicated to the vast variety of dolls in Japan, from ceremonial to playful. Holding a collection of traditional and contemporary dolls, …
Jozankei, Sappro 50-minute bus from Sapporo Station Free; for the Exhibition Room Sapporo Pirka Kotan -- which means beautiful village in …
Nakajima Park (Nakajima-koen) is a spacious park to the south of Susukino and to the west of the Toyohira River. The park features a large …
The Sapporo Clock Tower is one of the few remaining Western-style buildings that were built as Sapporo was being rapidly developed in the late …
A small, brightly-coloured temple built by the town's founder, Gyoki, over 1300 years ago to protect it.
A museum dedicated to the brief visit of the poet Matsuo Basho, who wrote about the town and declared its onsen to be on of Japan's top three. …
The men's branch of the local public hot spring. Entry costs per person with towels available for and soap, shampoo and conditioner available …
The women's hot spring public bath, connected to the Yamanakaza Hall. Entry costs per person with towels available for and soap, shampoo and …
A hall home to the tourist office, examples of local lacquer designs and traditional performances. On weekends and holidays the hall holds …
A beautiful natural gorge with a relaxing walking path running alongside the river. The gorge is crossed by a series of unusual bridges and is …
Standing as a testament to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 and the destructive tsunami which followed, Arahama Elementary school is now a …
Vandome is a shopping arcade that continues on from Sun Mall Ichibancho, which itself branches off from Sendai's main Chuo Dori arcade. One …