Overview (History, Features, and Attractions): The Hakone Glass Forest Museum is a museum that exhibits European glass art and works by contemporary glass artists, with a focus on Venetian glass. Since its opening, the museum has exhibited a wide range of works, from traditional blown glass and historical pieces with intricate decorations...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Lake Haruna is a crater lake located within the caldera of Mount Haruna (Haruna Volcano) in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. Its quiet landscape nestled in the mountain valley is captivating. The lakeside changes its appearance with the seasons, offering a variety of activities for strolling and photography in any season, from the fresh greenery of spring, to escaping the heat of summer, to the colorful foliage of autumn, to the snowy scenery of winter.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Aso Shrine is an ancient shrine located in Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture, which has long been revered as the center of faith in the Aso region. The shrine enshrines the land god closely connected to the outer rim of Mount Aso and the volcanic region, and has a long history as a regional center for prayers for fertility in the fields and calming of the volcano.

Sakurajima (Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture) Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Sakurajima is an active volcano towering over Kagoshima Bay (Kinko Bay) and a symbol of Kagoshima City. It was once an island, but a lava flow from a major eruption in 1914 (Taisho 3) connected it to the Osumi Peninsula (topographically, it is called "Sakurajima"). In ancient times...

Hokusai Museum (Obuse Town, Nagano Prefecture) Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) The Hokusai Museum is an art museum that preserves and exhibits materials and works related to the Edo period ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. Hokusai visited and stayed in Obuse in his later years, and the entire town has come to cherish Hokusai's footsteps.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kamo Aquarium (Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture) is an aquarium known nationwide for its jellyfish exhibits. After starting out as a small facility, it gained attention by specializing in jellyfish exhibits and has become a tourist spot that attracts many visitors from both Japan and abroad.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Oyama Afuri Shrine is an ancient shrine in Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, located near the summit of Mount Oyama (approximately 1,252 meters above sea level) in the Tanzawa Mountains. A sacred site for mountain worship and Shugendo since ancient times, it is particularly associated with rain-making beliefs and is known as the "Afuri Shrine."

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Nyuto Onsenkyo is a hot spring resort in Senboku City, Akita Prefecture (around Lake Tazawa). It is a hidden hot spring village that has long been popular as a therapeutic hot spring resort. Surrounded by surrounding mountains and streams, it offers beautiful views of snowy winter scenery, fresh greenery, and autumn leaves, and is home to many historic hot spring inns...

Tsukiji Outer Market (Chuo Ward, Tokyo) — Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Tsukiji Outer Market is a shopping district in the Tsukiji area of Chuo Ward, Tokyo, featuring food, restaurants, and equipment stores. The former "Tsukiji Market (Wholesale Market/Inner Market)" opened in 1935 and moved to Toyosu in 2018, but the smaller outer market...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Hoshitoge Rice Terraces, located in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture, is one of Japan's most representative rice terrace landscapes. Multiple small rice fields are regularly arranged along the gentle mountain slope, and the landscape created by their curves and steps changes depending on the season and time of day.