A Shinto shrine on the island of Miyajima, built over the water, with a huge vermilion torii gate that seems to float at high tide. At low tide you can walk out to the gate. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ride the ropeway or hike up Mount Misen for views over the Inland Sea. Tame deer roam the streets. Try grilled oysters and maple-leaf cakes. Ferries take 10 minutes from Miyajimaguchi, near Hiroshima; a small visitor tax applies.
A park built near the hypocentre of the atomic bomb dropped on 6 August 1945.
A small island in the Seto Inland Sea transformed into a home of contemporary art.
The finest surviving feudal castle in Japan, called the 'White Heron' for its brilliant white walls and roofs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Osaka's lively entertainment street along a canal, famous for giant neon signs, including the Glico running man, and for street food: takoyaki (octop…
A mountaintop monastery town founded in 816 by the monk Kūkai, with more than 100 temples, many offering shukubō (temple lodging), where you eat vege…
A path through towering green bamboo in western Kyoto, which creaks and rustles in the wind.
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