The castle is located in Kimitsu, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At
the end of the Edo period, the castle was home to a branch of the Kuroda
clan, fuedal lord of Kururi Domain.
The original Kururi Castle was a mountain-top fortification built during the Muromachi period.
In
1872, by orders of the Meiji government, the surviving structures of
Kururi Castle were destroyed. The area, containing remnants of moats,
earthen works and a well, became a park in 1955.
The current keep tower was reconstructed in 1979 to boost local tourism.
It is located in Cape Inubo, in Choshi city, Chiba Prefecture. It is notable as one of the few lighthouses whose original lens was a first order Fresnel lens, the strongest type of Fresnel lens.
The lighthouse is registered as Tangible Cultural Property of Japan. It is located within the borders of the Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park.
It is currently open to the public, who may visit a small museum at its base, and climb to the top for a panoramic view over the Pacific Ocean.
Matsushima is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Tohoku region. There are about 260 tiny islands covered in pines. It is well-known as one of the Three Views of Japan.
The town is only a short distance, around an half hour from prefectural capital Sendai and is easily accessible by train. Matsushima-Kaigan Station is near the attractions such as Zuiganji temple and the harbor side. Matsushima Station, on a separate line is on the opposite side of the town.
The most recommended way to enjoy the spot is to take a tourist boat from the harbor.
Matsushima was hit by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, but escaped major damage thanks to its protected location inside the island dotted bay. Most tourist attractions, shops and hotels reopened within a few weeks or months of the earthquake.
It is a suspension bridge connecting northern Tokyo Bay and the Odaiba waterfront development.
Construction started in 1987 and was completed in 1993. The bridge is 798 metres (2,618 ft) long with a main span of 580 metres (1,903 ft).
The towers supporting the bridge are white in color, designed to harmonize with the skyline of central Tokyo seen from Odaiba.
Korakuen is a beautiful landscape garden and Okayama's main attraction. Along with Kanazawa's
Kenrokuen and Mito's Kairakuen, Korakuen is well known as one of Japan's three best landscape gardens. It is situated just beside Okayama Castle, which can be seen from the garden as "borrowed scenery".
The local feudal lord ordered the construction of Korakuen in 1687 as a place of entertainment for the ruling family and a location for receiving important guests. Occasionally, the public was permitted to enter the garden.
Korakuen is a spacious garden that offers a large pond, streams, walking paths and a hill that serves as a lookout point. Rather unique for a Japanese garden, however, are Korakuen's spacious lawns. Also found in the garden are groves of plum, cherry and maple trees, tea and rice fields, an archery range and a crane aviary.
It is a large and highly popular Buddhist temple complex in Narita City, not far from Narita Airport. It is recommended site to visit if you have a few hours to spend around the airport and wish to experience historic Japan.
The temple was completed in the year 940 around its main sacred object of worship, a statue of the Buddhist Fudo Myoo deity. Kobo Daishi, the founder of the Shingon Sect and one of the most important figures in Japan's religious history, is said to have carved the statue.
One of the attractions is its store lined approach, the Omotesando. Stretching over the entire one kilometer distance from Narita railway stations to the temple, Omotesando is a lively street lined by numerous restaurants and shops, that have been selling traditional crafts, foods and souvenirs.
It is located in Kitakyushu, Kyushu region and it was built by Hosokawa Tadaoki in 1602. It was the property of the Ogasawara clan between 1632 and 1860. The castle was destroyed in 1866 in the war between the Kokura and Choshu clans.
Mori Ogai was based at the castle at the turn of the 19th-20th century when it was a military base.
The keep was reconstructed in 1959, and the castle was fully restored in 1990. The Matsumoto Seicho museum and castle garden were opened in 1998.
