At the Cultured Pearl Museum on Mikimoto Pearl Island in Toba  you will learn all about the pearl culturing process.

Mikimoto Pearl Island in Toba is the birthplace of cultured pearls. The beautifully manicured grounds include stores, a museum, an antique jewelry exhibition and Ama diving displays.

Enjoy panaramic views of the ocean at Ise-shima from the outdoor hot springs of Ijika Daiichi Hotel Kagura

The area of Okage Yokocho is a nostalgic street leading to Ise Naiku Shrine. It is lined with Edo and Meiji Era style buildings housing restaurants, tea shops and souvenir stores.

Although Ise is mainly famous for Ise Jingu, it is also a very nice coastal city with other great sights to see like the Meoto-Iwa and the Futami Okitama Shrine. Both are definitely worth a visit!

Ise Jingu's Naiku enshrines the God of the Sun. It is the ancestor God of the Emperor, and the ancestor God of all Japanese!

Ise Jingu in Ise City is the most sacred Shinto shrine in Japan. Last year (2013) the famous Shikinen Sengu ceremony was held again, when the shrine is completely rebuilt, every twenty years. However, it is not all about the shrine buildings; pilgrimage has always played an important role in this area and eating and drinking on the way was important. So just like in the past, having some food before approaching or after visiting the grand shrine is indispensable. The famous dishes here are Akafuku (mochi covered in sweet red bean paste) and Ise Udon (udon soaked in soy-based sauce).

You can climb via the Gozaisho Ropeway and this area is famous for ski sports during the winter season.

After the countdown, make way for hatsumode — the first shrine visit of the new year — at the Ise Grand Shrine

Just outside of Kuwana City in Mie Prefecture is the Tado Green Farm, opened in 2004, and famed for it’s all you can pick and eat strawberry courses.