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Attractions in Japan
Discover places to see across Japan by destination, prefecture, region, interest, and the practical details that shape a day out.
325 attractions
Kanazawa · Hirosaka, Kanazawa
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
A circular glass museum designed by SANAA, home to Leandro Erlich's Swimming Pool installation and one of Japan's most visited contemporary art spaces, directly across from Kenroku-en.
Osaka · Abeno, Osaka
Abeno Harukas
One of Japan's tallest skyscrapers with an observation deck offering panoramic Osaka views stretching to Nara, Kobe, and Kyoto.
Kobe · Maiko, Tarumi-ku, Kobe
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
The world's longest suspension-bridge span, connecting Kobe's Maiko district to Awaji Island across the Akashi Strait, with free shoreline viewing, a paid glass-floored walkway, and a reservation-only climb to the tower top.
Nikko · Nikko
Akechidaira Ropeway
A scenic cable car ride to an observation deck with panoramic views over Lake Chuzenji and Kegon Falls.
Tokyo · Akihabara / Chiyoda
Akihabara Electric Town
Akihabara is Tokyo's legendary hub for electronics, anime, manga, and gaming culture, packed with multi-story shops and themed cafes. It is a pilgrimage destination for pop culture fans worldwide.
Osaka · Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Osaka
Amerikamura
Osaka's streetwear and vintage-clothing district on the west side of Shinsaibashi Station, centered on Triangle Park. A neighborhood of independent shops, cafes, and evening venues, not a single attraction.
Mount Fuji · Fujiyoshida
Arakurayama Sengen Park
The Fujiyoshida hillside park around Chureito Pagoda, with Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine, a Mount Fuji viewing deck, seasonal trees and paid city parking.
Kyoto · Arashiyama
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
The Arashiyama Bamboo Grove is a short public path through tall bamboo in the Sagano area of western Kyoto, free to walk and with no gate. Most visitors combine it with Tenryu-ji's garden, Okochi Sanso and Nonomiya Shrine, which sit along it.
Nagoya · Arimatsu / Eastern Edge
Arimatsu Historic Townscape
A nationally recognized preserved Edo-period townscape in Midori Ward, Nagoya, known for Arimatsu Shibori tie-dyeing and fire-resistant merchant-house architecture.
Hiroshima · Naka, Hiroshima
Atomic Bomb Dome
The ruin of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, left standing close to the hypocenter of the 1945 atomic bomb and preserved as a World Heritage Site. Seen from outside its fence, free, at any hour.
Nagoya · Atsuta / Southern Nagoya
Atsuta Jingu
One of Japan's most revered Shinto shrines, traditionally said to enshrine the sacred sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, set within a wooded precinct in southern Nagoya.
Tokyo · Azabudai / Minato
Azabudai Hills
Azabudai Hills is Mori Building's free-to-enter mixed-use complex in Minato, Tokyo, built around Mori JP Tower, Japan's tallest building. Opened in November 2023, it combines terraced gardens, roughly 150 shops and restaurants, and teamLab Borderless, a separately ticketed museum inside Garden Plaza B. It's a distinct complex from the older, nearby Roppongi Hills.
Fukuoka · Fukuoka
Canal City Hakata
A massive shopping, dining, and entertainment complex built around an indoor canal, with a famous fountain show and theater.
Nagoya · Sakae / Fushimi
Chubu Electric Power MIRAI TOWER
A 1954 broadcast tower in central Sakae, Nagoya, formerly known as Nagoya TV Tower and now a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, with two observation decks and a free lower-floor view.
Mount Fuji · Fujiyoshida
Chureito Pagoda
A five-story memorial pagoda on the hillside above Fujiyoshida, 398 steps up, framed against Mount Fuji from its viewing deck.
Yokohama · Minato Mirai, Yokohama
Cup Noodles Museum
The birthplace of instant noodles, an interactive museum where visitors learn the history of Cup Noodles and create their own custom cup.
Kyoto · Fushimi / Daigo
Daigo-ji Temple
Daigo-ji is a World Heritage temple in south-east Kyoto, with a pagoda completed in 951, the garden Toyotomi Hideyoshi laid out for his 1598 cherry-blossom party, and a mountaintop precinct, Kami-Daigo, whose trail is currently closed.
Matsumoto · 3640 Hotaka, Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture
Daio Wasabi Farm
Japan's largest wasabi farm, located in Azumino City, not Matsumoto, reached by a JR Pass-covered train from Matsumoto Station plus a short onward leg. Free grounds admission, famous for its three watermills and Akira Kurosawa film connection.
More attraction guides (A–Z)
- DiverCity Tokyo Plaza — Tokyo
- Dotonbori — Osaka
- Dutch Slope — Nagasaki
- Earthquake Memorial Museum — Kobe
- Edo-Tokyo Museum — Tokyo
- Engaku-ji Temple — Kamakura
- Enoshima Island — Kamakura
- Former Hokkaido Government Office — Sapporo
- Former Kaichi School — Matsumoto
- Fuji-Q Highland — Mount Fuji
- Fukuju Sake Brewery — Kobe
- Fukuoka Castle Ruins — Fukuoka
- Fukuoka Ohori Park — Fukuoka
- Fukuoka Tower — Fukuoka
- Fushimi Inari Taisha — Kyoto
- Gangoji Temple — Nara
- Gassho-zukuri Minka-en Open-Air Museum — Shirakawa-go
- Ghibli Museum — Tokyo
- Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion) — Kyoto
- Ginza — Tokyo
- Gion District — Kyoto
- Glover Garden — Nagasaki
- Golden Gai — Tokyo
- Gotokuji Temple — Tokyo
- Great Buddha of Kamakura (Kotoku-in) — Kamakura
- Gunkanjima — Nagasaki
- Hachiko Statue — Tokyo
- Hakone Hot Springs — Hakone
- Hakone Open Air Museum — Hakone
- Hakone Shrine — Hakone
- Hamarikyu Gardens — Tokyo
- Harajuku and Takeshita Street — Tokyo
- Harbor View Park — Yokohama
- Hasedera Temple — Kamakura
- Heian Shrine — Kyoto
- Heijo Palace Site — Nara
- HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel — Osaka
- Hida Folk Village (Hida no Sato) — Takayama
- Hida Kokubunji Temple — Takayama
- Higashi Chaya District — Kanazawa
- Higashiyama Walking Course, Takayama — Takayama
- Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens — Nagoya
- Himuro Shrine — Nara
- Hiroshima Castle — Hiroshima
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum — Hiroshima
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park — Hiroshima
- Historical Village of Hokkaido — Sapporo
- Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill — Sapporo
- Hokkaido Museum — Sapporo
- Hokkaido Shrine — Sapporo
- Hokkaido University — Sapporo
- Hokokuji Temple — Kamakura
- Hozenji Temple — Osaka
- Hozenji Yokocho — Osaka
- Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art — Kobe
- Ikebukuro — Tokyo
- Ikuta Shrine — Kobe
- Imperial Palace East Gardens — Tokyo
- Inokashira Park — Tokyo
- Isuien Garden — Nara
- Itsukushima Shrine — Hiroshima
- JR Tower Observation Deck T38 — Sapporo
- Kabukicho — Tokyo
- Kabukiza Theatre — Tokyo
- Kanazawa Castle — Kanazawa
- Kanda House — Shirakawa-go
- Kanmangafuchi Abyss — Nikko
- Kappabashi Kitchen Street — Tokyo
- Kasuga Taisha Man'yo Botanical Garden — Nara
- Kasuga Taisha Shrine — Nara
- Kegon Falls — Nikko
- Kenchoji Temple — Kamakura
- Kenroku-en Garden — Kanazawa
- Kichijoji — Tokyo
- Kifune Shrine — Kyoto
- Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion) — Kyoto
- Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine — Mount Fuji
- Kiyomizu-dera Temple — Kyoto
- Kobe Animal Kingdom — Kobe
- Kobe Anpanman Children's Museum & Mall — Kobe
- Kobe Chinatown (Nankinmachi) — Kobe
- Kobe City Museum — Kobe
- Kobe Harborland & Meriken Park — Kobe
- Kobe Maritime Museum — Kobe
- Kobe Nunobiki Herb Gardens & Ropeway — Kobe
- Kobe Port Tower — Kobe
- Kobe Suma Sea World — Kobe
- Kobe Suma Seaside Park — Kobe
- Kodai-ji Temple — Kyoto
- Kofuku-ji Temple — Nara
- Kofukuji Temple — Nagasaki
- Koishikawa Korakuen Garden — Tokyo
- Komachi Street — Kamakura
- Kurama and Kibune — Kyoto
- Kuromon Ichiba Market — Osaka
- Kushida Shrine — Fukuoka
- Kyoto Imperial Palace — Kyoto
- Kyoto Railway Museum — Kyoto
- Kyoto Tower — Kyoto
- Lake Ashi (Ashinoko) — Hakone
- Lake Ashi Sightseeing Cruise — Hakone
- Lake Chuzenji — Nikko
- Lake Kawaguchiko — Mount Fuji
- Lake Yamanakako — Mount Fuji
- LEGOLAND Japan Resort — Nagoya
- Maruyama Park — Sapporo
- Matsumoto Castle — Matsumoto
- Matsumoto City Museum of Art — Matsumoto
- Meganebashi Bridge — Nagasaki
- Meguro River — Tokyo
- Meiji Shrine — Tokyo
- Minato Mirai 21 — Yokohama
- Minoo Park — Osaka
- Miraikan — Tokyo
- Miyagawa Morning Market — Takayama
- Miyajima Island — Hiroshima
- Moerenuma Park — Sapporo
- Mori Art Museum — Tokyo
- Mount Inasa — Nagasaki
- Mount Misen — Hiroshima
- Mount Mitake — Tokyo
- Mount Moiwa — Sapporo
- Mount Rokko — Kobe
- Mt. Fuji 5th Station — Mount Fuji
- Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway — Mount Fuji
- Mt. Kasuga Primeval Forest — Nara
- Mt. Maya Kikuseidai — Kobe
- Myozenji Temple Museum — Shirakawa-go
- Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum — Nagasaki
- Nagasaki Confucius Shrine — Nagasaki
- Nagasaki Peace Park — Nagasaki
- Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum — Nagasaki
- Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown — Nagasaki
- Nagoya Castle — Nagoya
- Nagoya City Art Museum — Nagoya
- Nagoya City Science Museum — Nagoya
- Nagoya Noh Theater — Nagoya
- Nakabashi Bridge — Takayama
- Nakajima Park — Sapporo
- Nakamachi Street, Matsumoto — Matsumoto
- Nakamise Shopping Street — Tokyo
- Nakano Broadway — Tokyo
- Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka — Osaka
- Nakasu Yatai Food Stalls — Fukuoka
- Namba Yasaka Shrine — Osaka
- Nanzen-ji Temple — Kyoto
- Nara National Museum — Nara
- Nara Park — Nara
- Nara Prefectural Museum of Art — Nara
- Naramachi — Nara
- Naramachi Koshi-no-Ie — Nara
- National Bunraku Theatre — Osaka
- National Museum of Nature and Science — Tokyo
- Nawate Street — Matsumoto
- Nezu Shrine — Tokyo
- Nijo Castle — Kyoto
- Nijo Market — Sapporo
- Nikko Futarasan Shrine — Nikko
- Nishiki Market — Kyoto
- Noritake Garden — Nagoya
- Nunobiki Falls — Kobe
- NYK Hikawa Maru — Yokohama
- Oasis 21 — Nagoya
- Odaiba — Tokyo
- Odawara Castle — Hakone
- Odori Park — Sapporo
- Ogimachi Village — Shirakawa-go
- Oishi Park — Mount Fuji
- Okonomimura — Hiroshima
- Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium — Sapporo
- Okutama — Tokyo
- Omicho Market — Kanazawa
- Omoide Yokocho — Tokyo
- Omotesando — Tokyo
- Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan — Osaka
- Osaka Bay and Tempozan Harbor Village — Osaka
- Osaka Castle — Osaka
- Osaka City Central Public Hall — Osaka
- Osaka Museum of History — Osaka
- Osaka Museum of Housing and Living — Osaka
- Osaka Station City — Osaka
- Osaka Tenmangu Shrine — Osaka
- Osanbashi Pier — Yokohama
- Oshino Hakkai — Mount Fuji
- Osu Kannon — Nagoya
- Osu Shopping District — Nagoya
- Oura Cathedral — Nagasaki
- Owakudani — Hakone
- Philosopher's Path — Kyoto
- Pontocho Alley — Kyoto
- Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium — Nagoya
- Rainbow Bridge — Tokyo
- Rikugien Gardens — Tokyo
- Rinno-ji Temple — Nikko
- Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden — Kobe
- Rokko Garden Terrace — Kobe
- Rokkosan Pasture — Kobe
- Roppongi Hills — Tokyo
- Ryoan-ji Temple — Kyoto
- Ryogoku Kokugikan — Tokyo
- Ryuzu Falls — Nikko
- Saiko Iyashi-no-Sato Nenba — Mount Fuji
- Sail Training Ship Nippon Maru — Yokohama
- Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine — Takayama
- Sankeien Garden — Yokohama
- Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka — Kyoto
- Sapporo Beer Museum — Sapporo
- Sapporo Central Wholesale Market Curb Market — Sapporo
- Sapporo Clock Tower — Sapporo
- Sapporo Factory — Sapporo
- Sapporo Maruyama Zoo — Sapporo
- Sapporo Olympic Museum — Sapporo
- Sapporo TV Tower — Sapporo
- Sarusawa Pond — Nara
- Sasuke Inari Shrine — Kamakura
- SCMAGLEV and Railway Park — Nagoya
- Senso-ji Temple — Tokyo
- Shibuya Crossing — Tokyo
- Shibuya Sky — Tokyo
- Shimokitazawa — Tokyo
- Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum — Yokohama
- Shinjuku — Tokyo
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden — Tokyo
- Shinkyo Bridge — Nikko
- Shinsaibashi Shopping Street — Osaka
- Shinsekai and Tsutenkaku Tower — Osaka
- Shiraito Falls — Mount Fuji
- Shiroi Koibito Park — Sapporo
- Shirotori Garden — Nagoya
- Shiroyama Viewpoint — Shirakawa-go
- Shukkeien Garden — Hiroshima
- Small Worlds Tokyo — Tokyo
- Sofukuji Temple — Nagasaki
- Sorakuen Garden — Kobe
- Sumida Hokusai Museum — Tokyo
- Sumida Park — Tokyo
- Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine — Osaka
- Sunshine Aquarium — Tokyo
- Sunshine City — Tokyo
- Susukino — Sapporo
- Suwa Shrine — Nagasaki
- Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall — Takayama
- Takayama Jinya — Takayama
- Takayama Old Town (Sanmachi Suji) — Takayama
- Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum — Kobe
- Tanukikoji Shopping Street — Sapporo
- teamLab Borderless — Tokyo
- TeamLab Botanical Garden Osaka — Osaka
- teamLab Planets — Tokyo
- Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street — Osaka
- Tenryu-ji Temple — Kyoto
- The National Art Center, Tokyo — Tokyo
- The National Museum of Art, Osaka — Osaka
- Todai-ji Temple — Nara
- Toji Temple — Kyoto
- Tokugawa Art Museum — Nagoya
- Tokugawa Garden — Nagoya
- Tokyo Character Street — Tokyo
- Tokyo Disneyland — Tokyo
- Tokyo DisneySea — Tokyo
- Tokyo Dome City — Tokyo
- Tokyo Joypolis — Tokyo
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Observatory — Tokyo
- Tokyo Midtown — Tokyo
- Tokyo National Museum — Tokyo
- Tokyo Sea Life Park — Tokyo
- Tokyo Skytree — Tokyo
- Tokyo Tower — Tokyo
- Toshodaiji Temple — Nara
- Toshogu Shrine — Nikko
- Toyosu Market — Tokyo
- Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai — Tokyo
- Toyota Automobile Museum — Nagoya
- Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology — Nagoya
- Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple — Tokyo
- Tsukiji Outer Market — Tokyo
- Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine — Kamakura
- UCC Coffee Museum — Kobe
- Ueno Park — Tokyo
- Ueno Zoo — Tokyo
- Uji — Kyoto
- Ukimido Pavilion — Nara
- Umeda Sky Building — Osaka
- Universal Studios Japan — Osaka
- Urakami Cathedral — Nagasaki
- Wada House — Shirakawa-go
- Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo - The Making of Harry Potter — Tokyo
- Weathercock House (Kazamidori no Yakata) — Kobe
- Yakushiji Temple — Nara
- Yamashita Park — Yokohama
- Yanaka — Tokyo
- Yasaka Shrine — Kyoto
- Yokohama Chinatown — Yokohama
- Yokohama Cosmo World — Yokohama
- Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise — Yokohama
- Yokohama Landmark Tower — Yokohama
- Yokohama Marine Tower — Yokohama
- Yokohama Museum of Art — Yokohama
- Yokohama Port Museum — Yokohama
- Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse — Yokohama
- Yoshijima Heritage House — Takayama
- Yoshikien Garden — Nara
- Yoyogi Park — Tokyo
- Yuigahama Beach — Kamakura
- Zeniarai Benten Shrine — Kamakura
- Zojoji Temple — Tokyo
- Zoorasia — Yokohama