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Japan is really a great country. Japan has 21 World Heritage Sites, including Himeji Castle, Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto and Nara. Popular foreigner attractions include Tokyo and Hiroshima, Mount Fuji, ski resorts such as Niseko in Hokkaido, Okinawa, riding the shinkansen and taking advantage of Japan’s hotel and hotspring network.
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Hokkaido: Niseko Ski Resor, Shiretoko Peninsula, Teshikaga – Lake, Mashū, Lake Kussharo, Tōya Caldera and Mount Usu Geopark, Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, Hakodate, Otaru.
Tōhoku: Shirakami-Sanchi Mount Osore, Towada, Hirosaki – Hirosaki Castle, Nakacho Samurai District, Hiraizumi – Chūson-ji, Mōtsū-ji, Kanjizaiō-in, Takkoku-no-Iwaya, Semboku – Kakunodate Samurai, District, Lake Tazawa, Nyūtō Onsen, Yamagata – Yama-dera Temple, Zaō Onsen, Matsushima.
Kantō region: Nikkō – Shrines and Temples of Nikkō, Kegon Falls, Lake Chūzenji, Cedar Avenue of Nikko, Tomioka Silk Mill, Kinugawa, Onsen – Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura, Tobu World Square, Utsunomiya – Oya stone museum, Utsunomiya Futarayama Shrine, Ashikaga, Tochigi – Ashikaga Gakkō, Ashikaga Flower Park, Tokyo – Imperial Palace, Asakusa, Akihabara, Ginza, Harajuku/Omotesandō, Nakano Broadway, Shibuya, Shinjuku Tsukiji Fish Market Ueno Park Tokyo Disney Resort Kamakura – Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū Kōtoku-in, Kenchō-ji Engaku-ji Meigetsu-in Hase-dera Kusatsu Hakone Onsen.
Chūbu region: Mount Fuji Japanese Alps – Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route Tate Hida Mountains, Kiso Mountains, Akaishi Mountains Kurobe Gorge Railway Shiga Kōgen Matsumoto – Matsumoto Castle, Mount Hotaka, Kamikōchi Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama Takayama Sanmachi Traditional Street, Ōshinmachi Traditional Street, Higashiyama Temple Area Kanazawa Kenroku-en Garden, Kanazawa Castle Higashi Geisha District, Nagamachi Samurai District Sakai Tōjinbō, Maruoka Castle Nagoya Nagoya Castle, Atsuta Shrine, Sakae, Nagoya Station (Meieki), Ōsu Kannon temple
Kansai region Kyoto Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Ryōan-ji, Sanjūsangen-dō, etc., they are parts of Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto Uji Byōdō-in and Ujigami Shrine Relation of The Tale of Genji
Ōtsu Biwa, Hiyoshi Taisha, Sakamoto Temple District Hiei, Enryaku-ji Ōmihachiman Traditional Riverside District Nara Tōdai-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Yakushi-ji, Heijō Palace, Kasuga-taisha and Nara Park, etc. They are parts of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara IkarugaHōryū-ji and Hōki-ji are Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area Yoshino Yoshino Kimpusen-ji, Yoshimizu Shrine, Yoshino Mikumari Shrine, etc. They are parts of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range World Heritage Sites. Shingū Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Kumano River Nachikatsuura Nachi Falls, Kumano Kodō, etc., they are parts of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Mount Kōya Kongōbu-ji Osaka Osaka Castle, Umeda 日本 Namba 日本人 Dōtonbori, Shinsekai, Shitennō-ji, Universal Studios Japan, Rinku Town, Kamagasaki Himeji Engyō-ji, Koko-en Garden, and Himeji Kobe Port of Kobe, Rokkō Mountains, Kitano-chō, Arima Onsen, Kobe Luminarie San’in Kaigan Geopark Toyooka, Izushi, Kinosaki Onsen, Yumura Onsen Chūgoku Hiroshima Prefecture Atomic Bomb Dome Itsukushima Shrine Onomichi, Tomonoura Okayama Prefecture Kurashiki, Kōrakuen Okayama Castle Tottori Prefecture Tottori Sand Dunes, Mount Daisen, Hyōno, San’in Kaigan Geopark Shimane Prefecture Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Izumo-taisha, Matsue Castle, Oki Islands, Tsuwano Yamaguchi Prefecture Hagi Shikoku Shikoku Pilgrimage Zentsū-ji, Motoyama-ji, etc. Ehime Prefecture Dōgo Onsen, Matsuyama Castle Kagawa Prefecture Kotohira-gū Shrine, Ritsurin Garden, Shōdo Island, Naoshima Island Tokushima Prefecture Naruto whirlpools, Awa Dance Festival in Tokushima Kōchi Prefecture Kōchi Castle, Cape Muroto Muroto Cape Ashizuri Kyushu and Okinawa Fukuoka Prefecture Mojiko Retro Town, Kokura Castle, Dazaifu Tenman-gū, Remains of Dazaifu government Ōita Prefecture Many types of hot springs in Beppu, Ōita or Yufuin, Ōita, Usa jingū, stone bridges, Komekamiyama Hello Kitty Harmonyland Nagasaki Prefecture Ōura Church, Higashi-Yamate, Minami-Yamate including the Glover Garden, Huis Ten Bosch Hidden Christian Sites Kagoshima Prefecture Yakushima Japan Japanese culture Sakurajima, Amami Ōshima Miyazaki Prefecture Kirishima-Yaku National Park, Takachiho, Old Exculibur on the top of Takachiho-kyo mountain, Nichinan, Miyazaki, Chambered barrows of Saitobaru kofungun, Heiwadai Park Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto Castle, Mount Aso Saga Prefecture Yayoi archaeological site in Yoshinogari site Okinawa Prefecture Shuri Castle, Nakagusuku Castle, Nakijin Castle etc. They are parts of the Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu. Ishigaki Island, Miyako Island, Iriomote Island, Traditional Ryukyuan Houses in Taketomi.
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