A mountainous island south of Kyushu covered in ancient cedar forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Shiratani Unsuikyō ravine, a mossy forest that inspired the film Princess Mononoke, has short and longer trails. A full-day hike leads to the Jōmon Sugi, a cedar thought to be several thousand years old.
It rains a lot; bring rain gear. Reach the island by ferry or plane from Kagoshima.
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.
A park built near the hypocentre of the atomic bomb dropped on 6 August 1945.
The palace of the Ryūkyū kings, who ruled Okinawa as an independent kingdom until 1879, a red-lacquered castle on a hill above Naha, a UNESCO World H…
A small island in the Seto Inland Sea transformed into a home of contemporary art.
Ancient pilgrimage trails through the forested mountains of the Kii Peninsula, linking three grand shrines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The finest surviving feudal castle in Japan, called the 'White Heron' for its brilliant white walls and roofs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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