MieContemporary ArtNabari
Akame Waterfalls
Four kilometres of continuous waterfalls, used as a training ground by mountain ascetics.
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MieContemporary ArtKoka
Tea Fields and Kilns of Koka
The valley they dug clay from and the hills they grow tea on lie side by side - two industries in one terrain.
ShigaContemporary ArtOmihachiman
Inner Lakes of Biwa
Reed beds between lake and land; the cut reeds become blinds and roofs, tying landscape directly to craft.
KyotoContemporary ArtKyoto
Kyoto Art Center
A 1931 elementary school turned over to artists; the classrooms are the studios.
KyotoContemporary ArtUji
Tea Fields of Uji
Fields shaded with reed screens and straw before harvest to sweeten the leaf - the covers themselves a seasonal sight.
Suita
Tower of the Sun
A 70-metre figure that burst through the Expo's great roof; the Tree of Life inside was sealed for 48 years and reopened in 2018.
OsakaContemporary ArtSakai
Daisen Kofun
Among the largest tombs on earth by mound length - an earthwork whose whole shape can only be seen from the air.
Osaka
Mint Cherry Blossom Walk
The Mint opens its grounds for one week a year, one-way, past 130 varieties of cherry planted in sequence.
Kobe
Rokko Meets Art
Art placed across a mountain's tourist sites, so the view and the work share one field, and the climb is the route.
HyogoContemporary ArtAkō
Salt Fields of Ako
Tidal salt fields once covered this coast; their divisions still show in how the land is parcelled.
Tanba-Sasayama
Farmland of Tamba
Fog pools in the basin on autumn mornings until the fields read as a sea - crop, terrain and climate as one.
WakayamaContemporary Art
WakayamaContemporary ArtArida
Terraced Orange Groves of Arida
Four centuries of stone terracing turned these slopes into stairs, planted with citrus to the ridge.
WakayamaContemporary ArtMinabe
Plum Groves of Minabe
Plums, the woodland that feeds their bees, and the charcoal made from it - one system, recognised as agricultural heritage.
WakayamaContemporary ArtNachikatsuura
Nachi Falls
No building: the waterfall itself is the deity, Japan's highest single drop, roped at the lip.
WakayamaContemporary ArtShirahama
Coastal Rock Forms of Shirahama
Sandstone planed flat by waves, and an islet pierced by a round hole the setting sun drops through.
WakayamaContemporary ArtKozagawa
Ichimai-iwa of Kozagawa
A single rock face eight hundred metres wide standing over the river - among the largest monoliths in Japan and a National Natural Monument.
TottoriContemporary ArtTottori
Hakuto Coast
The shore of the Kojiki's white hare tale, its line of rocks standing in for the crocodiles' backs.
TottoriContemporary ArtIwami
Uradome Coast
Granite cut by the sea into arches and stacks, in water clear enough to show the rock beneath.
TottoriContemporary ArtYurihama
Lake Togo and its Villages
A lake whose bed produces hot water, with a torii standing in the shallows.
TottoriContemporary Art
TottoriContemporary ArtKurayoshi
Pear Trellises of Tottori
Pears trained flat overhead, so each orchard becomes a green ceiling with shade beneath.
TottoriContemporary ArtHino
Iron Sand Workings of Hino
Hills washed away to extract iron sand left stepped terrain - proof that ironmaking reshaped the land itself.
Nanbu
Countryside of Nanbu
Farmland below Mt Daisen, where the placement of windbreak woods and terraces follows terrain and weather.