HyogoArchitectureAsago
Takeda Castle Ruins
Only the stonework survives on a 353-metre summit - the outline of a castle drawn in stone along a ridge.
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Ikuno Silver Mine
A state mine where French engineers installed modern plant; the tunnels and their Western-style housing remain.
HyogoArchitectureAwaji
Water Temple, Honpukuji
Stairs descend through the middle of a lotus pond into a hall beneath the water, its vermilion interior filled by the setting sun.
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Awaji Yumebutai
Built where a hill was quarried away for landfill: a hundred stepped flower beds attempting to remake the destroyed terrain.
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HyogoArchitectureTatsuno
Tatsuno Soy Sauce Town
Where light soy sauce was invented; white-walled brewhouses line the river and make the town's face.
HyogoContemporary ArtAkō
Salt Fields of Ako
Tidal salt fields once covered this coast; their divisions still show in how the land is parcelled.
Kobe
Port Architecture of Kobe
The old foreign settlement keeps its office blocks, most now reinforced after the earthquake but outwardly unchanged.
Toyooka
Thatched Houses of Tajima and Tamba
Farmhouses whose roofs were raised for silkworms; snow load and the worms' temperature together set the shape.
HyogoArchitectureSumoto
Former Spinning Mills of Sumoto
A brick spinning mill converted into a library and shops - a case of industrial reuse.
HyogoArt & CraftsKobe
Arima Onsen
Among Japan's oldest spas; its woven bamboo baskets are said to have been used by Hideyoshi at tea.
Kobe
Churches of Kobe
Churches of many denominations arrived with the port; many fell in 1995, and their rebuilding shows its own era.
HyogoArchitectureHimeji
Kokoen Garden
Nine separate gardens divided by earthen walls, laid over the excavated foundations of samurai houses.
Nishiwaki
Saw-Tooth Mills of Nishiwaki
Roofs shaped to catch even north light for weaving, running along the river - form dictated by the trade.
NaraMuseumsNara
Nara National Museum
The most systematic display of Japanese Buddhist art; its 1894 building is an Important Cultural Property, and the Shosoin treasures are shown here each autumn.
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Kasuga Taisha Museum
So rich in Heian armour it is called a second Shosoin; three thousand donated lanterns stand in its grounds.
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Toshodaiji
Founded by Ganjin, who reached Japan blind on his sixth attempt; its main hall is the only Nara-period one surviving complete.
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Shinyakushiji
Twelve guardian figures ringing the icon on a circular platform, some still bearing their 8th-century paint.
NaraArt & CraftsNara
Akishinodera
The muse of the arts: her head is 8th-century dry lacquer, her body a Kamakura replacement - one figure of two eras.
NaraArt & Crafts