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Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park

Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park

Tamozawa Imperial Villa is a former imperial summer residence in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed for Emperor Taishō in 1899 and..

Tochigi ¥550
Discover the Satoyama

Discover the Satoyama

Gregory Patrisse

Although the region is 90% mountains, towns and villages are still present... In Hida area, Takayama and Shirakawa-go are the two most popular touristic

Gifu 4
Heike no Sato

Heike no Sato

Mandy Bartok

Gokanosho actually means five villages, a name that was taken from the... still descendants of the Taira clan living in Gokanosho and the five villages

Kumamoto 4
Wada Gassho House

Wada Gassho House

Justin Dart

300 years old and one the largest gassho houses in Shirakawa-go, Wada House was one of the most important buildings in the village before it became a UNESCO

Gifu 3
Shiratori Shrine

Shiratori Shrine

Matthew Eynon

Tucked away in the village of Nagara, a suburb of Tenri City, is a Shinto shrine named Shiratori that predates the Nara Period (710-794) and is dedicated

Nara