Places in Japan
31 places, page 1 of 3.
Sight · Hakone · Mid-rangeHakone Open-Air Museum
Sculpture and mountains in open conversation since 1969.
Sight · Nara · BudgetNara Park
1,200 sacred deer roaming freely through temple grounds and forest.
Sight · Nara · BudgetTodai-ji
The world's largest wooden building, holding a 15-metre bronze Buddha.
Sight · Kyoto · BudgetArashiyama Bamboo Grove
Walk through a cathedral of bamboo on the edge of Kyoto.
Sight · Kyoto · BudgetPhilosopher's Path
A canal-side walk under cherry trees, named for a thinking man.
Sight · Kyoto · BudgetFushimi Inari Taisha
Ten thousand vermilion torii gates climbing a forested mountain.
Sight · Tokyo · BudgetNezu Museum
Kengo Kuma's bamboo-screened museum hiding a secret garden.
Sight · Tokyo · BudgetMeiji Shrine
A century-old forest in the centre of Tokyo, planted by volunteers.
Sight · Tokyo · Mid-rangeteamLab Borderless
Digital art that dissolves walls, floors, and your sense of space.
Eat · Nara · High-endTsukihitei
Kaiseki in a thatched-roof cottage in Nara's ancient forest.
Eat · Osaka · BudgetMizuno
Dotonbori's yamaimo okonomiyaki, fluffy and golden since 1945.
Eat · Osaka · BudgetEndo Sushi
Market sushi at dawn, standing elbow to elbow with fishmongers.