Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kannonzaki Park (Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a coastal urban park developed around Kannonzaki, the entrance to Tokyo Bay. Since ancient times, the area has been a key hub for maritime traffic, home to lighthouses and coastal defense facilities. Since the Meiji period, it has become known as a place linked to the history of modern lighthouses and fortresses.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Mount Akagi is a complex volcanic massif that spans Maebashi City in Gunma Prefecture and surrounding cities and towns. It has long been beloved as one of the Jomo Sanzan (Mounts Akagi, Haruna, and Myogi). Its caldera lake, Lake Onuma, highlands, and lush forests and grasslands...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Hosen-in Temple is a small temple located in Ohara, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. Its calming presence nestled in the quiet countryside is a charming sight. It was founded long ago and has been beloved by locals and pilgrims for many years. The garden, which can be viewed from the halls and shoin study, is known as the "frame garden.".

Mount Gozaisho (Mount Gozaisho, Komono Town, Mie Prefecture) — Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Mount Gozaisho (approximately 1,212m above sea level) is a peak in the Suzuka Mountains and a popular tourist and hiking spot located in Komono Town, Mie Prefecture. It has been beloved by local people since ancient times, and in modern times, the opening of the Gozaisho Ropeway has made it easy to access the summit...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kaga Onsenkyo (Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture) is a representative hot spring resort in the Kaga region, and is the collective name for four hot spring towns: Yamashiro Onsen, Yamanaka Onsen, Awazu Onsen, and Katayamazu Onsen. Since the days of the Kaga domain in the Edo period, the area has been popular with feudal lords, samurai, and merchants, and is home to traditional inns, day-trip hot springs, and...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Lake Okutadami is a man-made lake (the reservoir of the Okutadami Dam) located deep in the mountains of Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture. The dam was constructed to meet postwar demand for electricity and as part of regional development. The tranquil lake surface is surrounded by deep valleys and virgin forests of beech and maple trees.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kappabuchi is a small pool in Tono City, Iwate Prefecture, known nationwide for the legend of the kappa (water sprite). Since Kunio Yanagita's "Tono Monogatari" (1910), which introduced the folklore of Tono, Kappabuchi has come to be seen as a place connected to folklore.

Ako Castle (Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture) Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Ako Castle is a flatland castle (built on flat land) from the Edo period located in Harima Province (present-day Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture). It served as the center of the Ako Domain's administration. It was renovated in the early Edo period and later housed the Ako Asano clan (the Asano clan)...

Bise Fukugi Avenue (Motobu Town, Okinawa Prefecture) Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Bise Fukugi Avenue is a long avenue stretching across the Bise district of Motobu Town in the northern part of Okinawa's main island. Fukugi trees (evergreens similar to banyan trees) were planted around houses as windbreaks and tidebreaks, protecting the village from typhoons and sea breezes.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Nagoya TV Tower (located in Naka Ward, Nagoya City) is a symbolic landmark of Sakae, Nagoya. Built shortly after the war and completed in the 1950s, it is one of Japan's oldest TV towers, and its steel-framed tower towering over the city center serves as an accent to the urban landscape.