KanagawaHistoric DistrictsKamakura
Komachi-dori
Beside the approach to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu. A street of souvenirs and street food.
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KanagawaHistoric Districts
NiigataHistoric DistrictsMurakami
Shiobiki Sake
Salmon hung under the eaves. The Murakami way is to leave part of the belly uncut.
NiigataHistoric DistrictsNagaoka
Teradomari Fish Market
The Ameyoko of fish. You can eat grilled seafood standing at the counter.
ToyamaHistoric Districts
ToyamaHistoric DistrictsHimi
Himi Morning Market
Winter yellowtail taken in set nets. What comes in at dawn is on the counter that day.
ToyamaHistoric Districts
IshikawaHistoric DistrictsWajima
Wajima Morning Market
Said to have run for a thousand years. Note: damaged in the 2024 earthquake; reopening is under way.
IshikawaHistoric Districts
FukuiHistoric DistrictsKatsuyama
Katsuyama Hakusan
The Echizen-side starting point for the climb up Hakusan, and also dinosaur fossil country.
FukuiHistoric Districts
NaganoHistoric DistrictsNagiso
Tsumago-juku
The first post town in Japan to take up townscape preservation. Small shrines are dotted along the highway.
NaganoHistoric DistrictsNagano
Zenkoji Nakamise
The gate town of Zenkoji, known for the saying about being led to Zenkoji by an ox.
NaganoHistoric Districts
NaganoHistoric Districts
NaganoHistoric DistrictsAround Nagano
Shinshu Soba
Where rice grew poorly at altitude, buckwheat became the staple. Togakushi soba is the most renowned.
GifuHistoric DistrictsShirakawa
Shirakawa-go
Gassho-zukuri houses. The roofs stand at 60 degrees to shed snow, and silkworms were raised beneath them.
Shimada
Oigawa Kawagoshi
A horse may cross the eight leagues of Hakone, but no one crosses the Oi. The system of river porters survives here.
ShizuokaHistoric Districts
AichiHistoric DistrictsSeto
Seto Kamagaki
Walls built from stacked kiln tools form the lanes. The town that gave the Japanese word for crockery.
AichiHistoric DistrictsNagoya
Arimatsu Shibori
A town of shibori dyeing that grew up between one Tokaido post station and the next.
Nagoya
Atsuta Monzen
A rice cake born of the custom of purifying yourself before worship. Hitsumabushi restaurants are close by.