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History / Culture / Tour

Oshiroi jizo, Seigan-ji Temple

4.0

16 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Matsue-shi Tamayucho Tamatsukuri 530

温泉街のはずれにあるお寺で、山号は温泉山。おしろい地蔵が有名で女性に人気がある。一風呂浴びた後の散策にちょうどいい。
Arafune Cold Storage

4.0

16 Reviews

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Gunma Pref. Kanragunshimonitamachi Minaminomaki Yashiki Ko 10690

This silkworm egg storage facility was built in 1905. Its refrigeration technology using naturally cooled air allowed the silviculture cycle, which traditionally had been annual, to be done several times a year. From 1905 until the 1930s it boasted the largest storage capacity in Japan. It still maintains its chilled environment today. A nationally designated historic site, it’s also registered as part of the “Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites” World Heritage Site.

神津牧場の奥の方に駐車場がありそこから900m急坂を降ります帰りはこれを30分以上かけて登ることになるので時間配分をよく考える必要があります入場料500円の世界遺産エリア、ガイドの方がいて、いろいろ解説してくださいました重要なのはここの風穴の冷風で蚕蛾の卵を冷蔵して、出荷の時期を調整したので、年に3-4回、蚕を孵化させることができて、養蚕農家、その集結場所である富岡製糸場の効率が飛躍的に向上...
Gessotei Akaogi Castle Cultural Museum

3.5

15 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Nishinoomote Nishinoomote 7528

鉄砲館から歩いて５分もしないところにあります。鉄砲館との共通券も売られています。訪れると、お茶とお菓子を出してくれます。のんびりしながらビデオを見せてもらいます。あとは自由に見学することができます。
Kuni-Akaiwa Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Historic Buildings

4.0

13 Reviews

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Gunma Agatsuma-gun Nakanojomachi Akaiwa 225

The Aikawa district in Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma Couty was designated as Gunma Prefecture's first Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings in 2006. The area flourished with the rise of silkworm farming and many buildings of old sericulture farmers still remain including the former residence of Yumoto family, said to have sheltered Takano Choei, a prominent scholar of western studies when he was pursued by the Edo shogunate. Tours of the village led by local guides are also available (reservation required).

正確には、「重要伝統的建造物群保存地区養蚕の里赤岩集落」といいます。場所は有名な温泉地である草津や四万温泉に近い場所にあるので、その途中に寄ってみても良いと思います。隅から隅まで歩いても片道400ｍほどですので、長くても1時間もあれば十分に散策できます。集落の西の端に「ふれあいの家」というある意味、案内所（トイレあり）がありますので、そこに駐車（5台くらい可）して、地図などの資料をもらっ...
Izubuntei Residence

4.0

14 Reviews

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Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunmatsuzakichou Matsuzaki 250-1

This is a free rest area located in Shizuoka Prefecture’s Kamo County, Matsuzaki Town. With a combined store and residence built in 1910 and two storehouses, the exterior’s splendid plaster work and Namako-kabe walls (walls covered with square tiles jointed with raised plaster) are worth seeing. It was originally a dry-goods store, but was donated to the town to revitalize the community and opened to the public after repair work was completed. Inside the area that was once the reception as well as dirt floors still remain, and nostalgic furnishings and implements can be seen. In the adjacent park is a foot bath with a roof.

明治に建てられた呉服店の建物が無料の休憩所として解放されています。なまこ壁通りにあり、こちらの建物にもなまこ壁が残っています。横にある小さな公園には足湯もあり、散策の途中で立ち寄るのに良い施設です。
Ushikata Yado (Prefectural Treasure former Chikuni family home)

4.5

12 Reviews

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Otari village Kitaazumi-gun Nagano prefecture Tsugaike plateau

Ushikata Yado is the last remaining inn on the Chikuni Highway, also known as the “Salt Road” because it was once used to carry salt and marine products inland. The building with a hip, thatched roof is presumed to be of the late Edo period, and was used to accommodate the cattle used as transportation and their handlers (ushikata). It was designated as a treasure of Nagano prefecture in 2009.

牛方宿というのは、物資を運んだ牛方と牛が一緒に寝泊まりした宿です。栂池高原から小谷村を通る国道１４８号線に向かって下っている途中に見つけました。藁ぶき屋根の建物で、建物には説明も記されていました。この牛方宿のすぐ近くには「塩の道」の表示がありましたが、かつて、糸魚川から松本まで物資を運んだ千国街道を「塩の道」と呼ぶようです。かつては、その塩の道沿いには、何軒もの牛方宿があったそうですが、現在...
Kotoji Stone Lantern

4.5

12 Reviews

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Ishikawa Kanazawa-shi Kenrokumachi

This stone lantern serves as a symbol of the Kenrokuen, counted as one of Japan’s three most famous gardens. The two-legged lantern can be found by walking from the toll booth at the Katsurazaka gate on the Hyakumangoku-dori Streetside straight towards Kasumigaike Pond. 2. 67 meters tall, the lantern is a modified version of a “yukimidoro” three-legged lantern used to light up the surface of a pond, and only one of its legs stands in the pond’s waters. It is said that its name is derived from its appearance from behind, which resembles the bridge of a Japanese koto zither; although spelled with different characters, “kotoji” is the term for a koto bridge. The view in the fall encompassing the lantern, the Nijibashi Bridge spanning the Kyokusui meandering stream connecting to the pond, and the autumn foliage makes for a spectacular commemorative photo. Depending on your timing, you may encounter a line of photographers waiting to take just such a picture.

兼六園内にあります、日本三名園の一つ兼六園のシンボルです、霞が池の北岸に配された琴柱灯籠、名前の由来は足が二股になっておりそれが琴の糸を支えることじに似ているのでその名がついたと言われる。
Kamahachiman (Enjuan) Temple

3.0

16 Reviews

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Osaka Osakashi Tennouji-ku Karakiyochou 4-2

A temple of the Buzan-ha sect of Shingon Buddhism. When Sanada Maru, a small fort of Osaka Castle, was built there was a tree that the locals believed to be sacred. Sanada Yukimura also prayed to this tree by stabbing it with sickle and that winter he had a great victory during the winter campaign of the siege of Osaka. It is believed that after his victory Sanada Yukimura then erected this small shrine. This temple is famous as Osaka's foremost temple and worshippers who visit to pray stick sickles into the tree. Photography is not prohibited on the premises.

境内の榎の霊木に鎌を打付けて祈念するそうで、撮影禁止となっている境内には、その榎が立っていました。現在は、真言宗豊山派の寺院となっており狭い境内ながら、悪縁を断つ為に訪れる参拝者は多いようでした。
Sanada Yukimura Battle Site Monument

3.0

17 Reviews

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Osaka Osaka-shi Tennoji-ku Osaka 1-3 Yasui Jinja Keidai

リーガロイヤルホテルの入口あたりに石碑が建っています。江戸時代このあたりに讃岐高松十二万石の蔵屋敷があったようです。
Nishie Residence

4.5

11 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okayama Takahashi-shi Nariwacho Sakamoto 1604

This important historical and cultural building left from the height of the Edo period is about a 25-minute drive from Nimi Interchange off the Chugoku Expressway. In the Edo period, the Nishie house fell under direct control of the government and became an official location for the local government representative. The structure retains its condition from the Meiji period. After the family lost their positions, they took up work in iron oxide dye (or red ocher) making for paints and pigments, with apparently great success. In addition to experiencing the novel forms, fresh color, and original melanterite designs, you can try red ocher dyeing yourself.

You will be excited to find the residence is the origin of Bengara ,a kind of red color painted in Imari Porcelain which is very famous to export to Europe in 19 century. Ukiyoe was painted the paper...
Nittanoshou Ruins

3.5

14 Reviews

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Gunma Ota-shi Nitta Sorimachicho 896-1

A historic site located along Prefectural Route 332 in Nitta Sorimachi Town, Ota City. It's the remains of a hall presumed to have been built between the Kamakura period and the period of Northern and Southern Courts and has been registered as the Nittanoshou Ruins, a National Historic Site. Archeological remnants of the moat, earthen fortifications, and more remain on the site and it's currently located on the grounds of the Rurisan Myokoin Shomei-ji Temple, commonly called the Sorimachi Yakushi.

反町薬師は新田義貞公の居住跡地に創建された高野山真言宗の寺院です。三重だったお堀は一部しか残っていないが鴨が泳いでいます。土塁も一部残っています。瑠璃山妙高院照明寺は1月4日に厄除けの縁日が開かれ賑わいます。本堂、大師堂、こもり堂、鐘桜堂、水屋で出来ています。忠霊塔もありました。おみくじを引きました。弘法大師空海の銅像も建てられています。鐘は自動でなるようです。桜の木 650年に...
Nagasaki Peace Memorial Statue

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Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Matsuyamamachi In Peace Park

"This bronze statue is about three minutes on foot from the Matsuyama-machi Streetcar Peace Park Stop, in the Prayer Zone of Nagasaki Peace Park at the north of Nagasaki Station. The statue was created by Seibo Kitamura, a sculptor from Nagasaki Prefecture. It was erected in 1955, ten years after an atomic bomb was dropped on the city. The statue has a variety of symbolism: the right hand refers to the threat of nuclear weapons, the left hand symbolizes peace, and the closed eyes encourage the visitor to ""pray for the repose of the atomic bomb victims."" Every August 9, Peace Memorial Ceremony is held in the square in front of the statue. "
Sodeshi no Tanada

4.5

10 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyotango-shi Tangocho Sodeshi

袖志の集落の一番真ん中の通りを山に向かって登ると台地上に広がる耕地があり、そこが「日本の棚田100選」に選ばれる棚田とのことであった。水を張った田の先に海が見える夕日の絶景が撮れるという。車では接近しがたいので、国道178号線が海側をバイパスする区間との合流点付近（袖志の棚田、の看板がある。車は10台ぐらいは止められそう）に車を止めさせてもらい、徒歩で台地の上に登って見学した。西側の合流地点付近の...
Tsuru Tomi Yashiki

4.0

12 Reviews

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Miyazaki Higashiusuki-gun Shiibason Shimofukura 1818-1

We stayed here with family of 4 and enjoyed every minute of it. The most impressive experience was the dinner (see photo attached). Bath is shared so if you don’t like it better stay somewhere else...
Santonodai Ancient Relics Site

4.0

12 Reviews

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Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Isogo-ku Okamura 4-11-22

This archeological site is located a three-minute walk from the Santonodai-kouen bus stop and 10 minutes from the Tenjin-mae bus stop. Desiganted a National Historic Site in 1966, the site is adjoined by the Yokohama City Santonodai Archaeology Museum. The traces of some 250 pit dwellings have been found on the site's 55-meter-high flat hill, as well as pottery, bronze bracelets, and other artefacts. Visitors can also see replicas of the kinds of homes which were used in the area during Japan's Jomon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods, as well as artefacts displayed in a building which preserves some of the dwelling sites in their original states.

わが町にある唯一の遺跡は、縄文時代から弥生時代にかけての一般庶民の状況はどうです。私の町の小学生は、遠足と言うとまずはこの三殿台遺跡に行きます。復元家屋が建てられていますが、正直なところ何遺跡で見ても同じに見えます。
Kitahara Hakushu Memorial Monument

3.5

14 Reviews

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Kanagawa Miura-shi Misakimachijogashima

"A monument unveiled in 1949 and moved to its current location by the Jogashima Ohashi Bridge in 1960 where a musical monument to Yanada Tadashi was added. An over 3-meter-high sail-shaped monument made of stone from the Nebukawa River, it's carved with Hakushu's cursive script of a passage from ""The Jogashima Rain."""

三浦半島をランニングした際に訪れました。今までバス等で何度も訪れている城ヶ島ですが、ここに北原白秋に関する施設や碑があることに気が付きませんでした。ほぼ城ヶ島大橋の真下に位置しているのも災いしているのかもしれませんね。ランニングしたからこそ、発見出来たのかもしれません。
Hachiman-bori Canal

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Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture

A canal located in Miyauchi-cho, Omihachiman City. The canal was once used by Toyotomi Hidetsugu, nephew to the great samurai Toyotomi Hideyoshi, to further the movement of goods inland from Lake Biwa and bring prosperity to the town surrounding his home of Hachimanyama Castle. From the 1950s to the 60s, the canal was used for domestic wastewater and became seriously polluted, but thanks to the cleaning and preservation efforts of local residents, the state of the canal is now much improved. Today, the canal is a sightseeing destination renowned for its atmospheric scenery and is frequently used to film period dramas.
The site of Ashikaga School

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Tochigi Pref. Ashikagashi Shouheichou 2338

These are the ruins of Ashikaga School—said to be the oldest school in Japan—which was abandoned in 1872. The original building has been reconstructed and designated as a Japan Heritage. It is open to the public, so you can see where students studied back during the earliest days of education in Japan.
Ikitsuki Daigyoran Kannon

3.0

14 Reviews

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Nagasaki Hirado-shi Ikitsukicho Yamadamen 570-1

The statue of the Kannon (Goddess of Mercy) in Ikutsuki Town, Hirado City, was erected in 1980 on a hill overlooking the fishing port as a memorial to the victims of maritime accidents and to pray for safety of navigation and world peace. 18 m high, the statue is open to the public, and a one-tenth scale Ikutsuki Giant Fish Basket Kannon is enshrined inside its base.

生月大橋を渡って山田教会へ走っていると館浦漁港付近で巨大な観音像が現れました。高台にたつ観音像は、ブロンズ像としては日本屈指の大きさを誇り高さ18mです。そして額に光る真珠は直径2.5cmあります。山田教会から海側に行く道から観音像と生月大橋が一望できました。
Fujiwara Palace Site

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Nara Pref. Kashiharashi Daigochou

Modelled on the Chinese capital, the site of Japanese capital Fujiwara Palace (Shin-yaku no Miyako) contains remains from year 694 of the Emperor's residential Imperial Palace, and the Council Hall where he conducted ceremonies and politics. It is known as a famous place to see Mt. Kagu, Mt. Unebi, and Mt. Miminashi (of the Yamato Sanzan or the three mountains of Yamato), and in June of 2011 the view of Yamato Sanzan from the Fujiwara former palace site was designated as one of Nara's important sceneries. There grow a variety of flowers including rape blossom, cosmos and sacred lotus, and here one can enjoy the scenery of the changing seasons.