Culture Daigo-ji Temple Founded in 874, Daigo-ji Temple is one of Kyoto's most scenic religious sites. The hillside temple grounds make it a prime sp...
Culture National Bunraku Theater Osaka Osaka has been the capital of Bunraku, the traditional Japanese puppet theater, for many centuries. The National Bunraku Thea...
Culture Kumano Nachi Taisha The Kumano Nachi Taisha is a Shinto shrine and part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed holy sites and pilgrimage routes in t...
Activities Kumano Kodo For over 1,000 years, Japanese people from all walks of life, including retired emperors and aristocrats, have made the arduo...
Culture Ise Jingu Located in Mie Prefecture, the Ise Grand Shrine is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess. Supposedly, the shrine or “J...
Culture Osaka Castle Park Osaka Castle Park is a public urban park and a historic site in the prefecture of the same name. It is the second largest par...
Activities Dotonbori Dotonbori, located along the canal of the same name, is a street in the Namba district of Osaka’s Chuo ward that epitomizes t...
Culture Horyuji Temple Japan is filled with a wide variety of temples, ranging from modest to opulent and from massive to small. Horyuji in Nara sta...
Culture Nara Park Nara Park was created in 1880 and is located in the city of Nara, which is easily accessible from Kyoto or Osaka. The vast ar...
Activities Hanazono Central Park Hanazono Central Park, on the north side of Higashi-Hanazono Station in Osaka, has a cherry blossom-filled plaza and iris cov...
