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Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Hitsujiyama Park is a municipal park in Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, located on a small hill overlooking the Chichibu Basin. Its name comes from the fact that sheep were once grazed on this hill. The park's greatest attraction is the Shibazakura Hill...

Overview (History, Features, and Appeal) The Toyama Glass Art Museum is a museum showcasing contemporary glass works from Japan and abroad, with a focus on glass crafts. Through special and permanent exhibitions that focus on the transparency and expression of light, visitors can experience the potential of glass as a material and the diversity of its expression. The museum has a wide variety of exhibition spaces...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Hasshoku Center is a large, multi-purpose seafood, retail, and food market in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture. It offers a wide range of seafood, including fresh seafood caught at the local fishing port and processed products, as well as restaurants serving seafood bowls, sushi, and set meals, and souvenir shops, making it a popular tourist destination.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Taishakukyo Gorge is a scenic valley carved by the Taishaku River in Tojo Town, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. It features limestone gorges, cliffs, and clear streams formed by years of erosion, and is characterized by its natural beauty and the changing faces of the seasons...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Karuizawa Taliesin is a lakeside cultural and tourist facility complex in Karuizawa Town, Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture. The extensive grounds are dotted with art museums, a literary museum, gardens, restaurants, cafes, and a boat dock, making it a comprehensive resort park where you can enjoy art and strolls in the midst of nature.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Komachi-dori is a representative shopping street in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, stretching from the east exit of JR Kamakura Station toward Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. It has long been a temple town that welcomed pilgrims and travelers, and since the Showa and Heisei eras, it has expanded to include souvenir shops, restaurants, cafes, and other establishments catering to tourists.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Tsukiji Honganji is a Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect (Nishi Honganji branch) temple located in Tsukiji, Chuo Ward, Tokyo. With a long history dating back to the Edo period, the current temple complex was built as part of the reconstruction project following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, and was designed by architect Chuta Ito.

Nishi Honganji Temple (Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture) — Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Nishi Honganji Temple is one of the head temples of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect and is a large temple located in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City. Its origins date back to Shinran (the founder of Jodo Shinshu), and during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods, the temple gained many followers thanks to the efforts of Rennyo and others...

Title: Hachiko Statue (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo) Overview (History, Features, and Appeal): Hachiko was an Akita dog kept in Shibuya, Tokyo, in the 1920s. He is known for waiting every day at Shibuya Station for his master, Professor Eizaburo Ueno (Tokyo Imperial University). Even after Professor Ueno's sudden death in 1925, Hachiko continued to live there.

Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine (Nachikatsuura Town, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture) Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine is one of the Kumano Sanzan (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha, and Kumano Nachi Taisha) shrines, and has been revered since ancient times as one of the centers of Kumano faith. Its sacred object is Nachi Falls (approximately 133 meters high).