NaraNature & SceneryNara
Tsukigase Plum Grove
Ten thousand plum trees. They were first planted to take ubai, a dye.
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NaraNature & Scenery
NaraNature & Scenery
NaraHistoric DistrictsAround Sakurai
Yamanobe no Michi
Held to be the oldest road in Japan, running from Miwa to Nara and linking burial mounds and shrines.
NaraMuseumsNara
Nara National Museum
It holds the Shosoin exhibition each autumn. The Buddhist sculpture hall is itself an Important Cultural Property.
WakayamaContemporary ArtKushimoto
Hashiguiiwa
A line of rocks said to be what remains of Kobo Daishi's attempt to build a bridge in one night.
Shirahama
Saki no Yu
Muro no Yu, one of the three oldest springs of Japan. It is sung of in the Manyoshu.
WakayamaCastles & HistoryAround Tanabe
Kumano Kodo
With the Camino de Santiago, one of only two pilgrimage roads in the world inscribed as World Heritage.
WakayamaNature & Scenery
WakayamaMuseums
WakayamaNature & SceneryKoya
Okunoin Path
Two kilometres of cedars, with over 200,000 gravestones. Sengoku commanders lie there without regard to which side they fought on.
WakayamaArchitectureWakayama
Wakayama-jo
The seat of the Kishu Tokugawa, one of the three branch houses. The keep is a reconstruction.
WakayamaHistoric Districts
WakayamaNature & SceneryWakayama
Tomogashima
Meiji-era gun batteries lie buried in the forest. It is called the Laputa island.
WakayamaNature & SceneryDaisen
Daisen Gyuba-ichi
In the Edo period, one of the three great cattle and horse markets of Japan was held before the gate of Daisenji.
Tottori
Fukumoto Jinja
One of the settings of the folk tales handed down in the Inaba region.
Kurayoshi
Nagatanidera
A stage thrust out from the cliff. Dedicated votive tablets and hagoita paddles hang in rows.
TottoriHistoric DistrictsSakaiminato
Mizuki Shigeru Road
Yokai were originally the shapes people gave to what they could not explain. The culture on the reverse side of faith.
TottoriNature & SceneryTottori
Tottori Sakyu
One of the largest dune fields in Japan. A serpent legend is told of the pond beside it.
TottoriContemporary ArtTottori
Tottori Sand Dunes
Two point four kilometres north to south, sixteen east to west. Wind ripples and sand curtains form here.
TottoriArt & CraftsTottori
Sand Museum
The only museum in the world devoted to sand sculpture. It is rebuilt to a new theme each year.
TottoriArt & CraftsSakaiminato
Mizuki Shigeru Road
One hundred and seventy-seven bronze yokai. They brought a shuttered high street back to life.