HyogoCulture & HistoryHyogo
Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery Museum
The Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery Museum in Kobe. It exhibits the tools of kimoto brewing.
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FIRST VISIT GUIDE
Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
Many of Japan's cultural properties are found at shrines or temples. The two belong to different religions, and their entrances and ways of worship differ. Start with the differences and the etiquette.28 entries / page 1 of 2
HyogoCulture & History
ChibaCulture & HistoryChiba
Chiba City Museum of Science
The science museum of Chiba City. It has a planetarium and hands-on exhibits.
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Shionomisaki Lighthouse
Shionomisaki Lighthouse in Kushimoto. It stands at the southernmost point of Honshu and marks the sea route.
SaitamaCulture & HistorySaitama
Former Brick Manufacturing Facility Hoffmann Ring Kiln
The site of a brick factory in Fukaya. A Hoffmann ring kiln remains, and the bricks for Tokyo Station were fired here.
Yamaguchi
Tatara Ironmaking Heritage of the Choshu Domain
The heritage of tatara ironmaking in the Choshu Domain. The remains of the ironmaking that supported armaments at the end of the Edo period.
YamanashiCulture & HistoryYamanashi
Shingen Embankment
The Shingen Embankment in Kai. A discontinuous levee said to have been built by Takeda Shingen, it lets the water overflow while sapping its force.
YamanashiCulture & HistoryYamanashi
Katsunuma Sabo Dam
The Katsunuma dam in Koshu. An erosion control dam built in 1917, it is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.
IwateCulture & HistoryIwate
Kamaishi City Iron and Steel History Museum
A museum of the history of ironmaking in Kamaishi, the place where a Western-style blast furnace first operated in Japan.
Iwate
Hashino Iron Mine Information Center
The Hashino iron mine, where a Western-style blast furnace went into operation in 1858. It is inscribed as a World Cultural Heritage site.
Ehime
Tonaru Historical Museum
Tonaru in Niihama. The site of a mining town that stood at an elevation of 750 meters. It is called the Machu Picchu of the Orient.
TokyoCulture & HistoryTokyo
Paper Museum
The Paper Museum in Oji. Standing in the birthplace of Western-style paper in Japan, it conveys papermaking technology.
ShigaCulture & HistoryKoka
Shigaraki Traditional Industry Hall
The traditional industry hall in Shigaraki. It exhibits the pottery of the production area.
KanagawaCulture & HistoryOdawara
Suzuhiro Kamaboko Museum
The kamaboko museum in Odawara. Visitors can try the process of mounting fish paste on a board.
KanagawaCulture & HistoryKanagawa
Noborito Laboratory Museum
The Noborito Laboratory Museum in Kawasaki. Meiji University presents the traces of the former Imperial Army's secret warfare research.
AkitaCulture & HistoryAkita
Kosaka Mine Office
A mine office built in 1905. A three-story wooden building and an Important Cultural Property.
GunmaCulture & HistoryGunma
Tajima Yahei Sericulture Farm
The former Tajima Yahei residence in Isesaki. A silkworm-rearing farmhouse for the seiryo-iku method, with a raised ventilation roof on top.
GunmaCulture & HistoryGunma
Arafune Cold Storage
Arafune Cold Storage in Shimonita. A facility that stored silkworm eggs using the cold air that comes out from gaps in the rocks.
GunmaCulture & HistoryGunma
Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park
A railway theme park in Annaka. It presents the technology of the Abt rack system and the EF63 used to cross Usui Pass.
IbarakiCulture & HistoryOarai
Aqua World Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium
An aquarium in Oarai. It keeps more species of shark than any other in Japan and is known for its husbandry skills.
IbarakiCulture & HistoryOmitama
Ibaraki Airport
An airport in Omitama. It shares its runways with an Air Self-Defense Force base.
NagasakiCulture & HistoryNagasaki
Former Kosuge Slip Dock Site
The site of the former Kosuge Slip Dock in Nagasaki. A facility that hauled ships onto land by steam power, and a World Cultural Heritage site.
AomoriCulture & HistoryAomori
Mutsu Science Museum
It preserves the reactor room of the nuclear-powered ship Mutsu just as it was and opens it to the public.
Kagawa
Teshima Stonemasonry Culture
The stonemasons of Teshima. Traces of the industry that quarried stone remain.
KagawaCulture & HistoryKagawa
Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum
The Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum in Sakaide. It holds Nihonga paintings in its collection.
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