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It is a Buddhist temple famous for Kiyomizu-dera, and it is said that drinking from the three different waters that flow beneath the stone steps will bring you longevity, health, and scholarship. Cherry blossoms in the spring and fall foliage in the autumn create an excellent scenery.

If you stroll down the alleys around Gion street, a street that preserves old Kyoto, you can take pictures with geishas and maikos.

You can take a sightseeing train that runs along the streams. Cherry blossoms and fall foliage are especially beautiful.

Take a stroll along the river around Togetsukyo (meaning “Moon Crossing Over the Bridge”), or look around Tenryuji and Chikurin no Komichi (Bamboo Forest Path). There are many restaurants and cafes nearby, and you can also ride rickshaws.

It is a theater for all-women opera company, as opposed to Kabuki, consisting only of men. It is famous for colorful costumes, stage, and directing, and is especially popular among women.

Kobe was a representative harbor city that opened its port to foreign trade during the Meiji Period, and subsequently was home to many foreigners, preserving the architecture and lifestyle of many countries.

Kobe-Sannomiya is one of the 3 largest Chinatowns in Japan. There are many unique shops to feast your eyes on and will stimulate your taste buds, like Chinese food, food ingredients, and miscellaneous goods.

Go up the observatory on Mount Rokko to see the night view of Kobe, one of the three best night views in Japan. On clear days, you can see not only Kobe and Osaka but also Kansai Airport and the lights of Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.

The bright, scarlet temple resembles a dense forest of cedar trees, and hundreds of stone lamps and prayer lanterns are quite something to see.

It is famous for the world’s largest and tallest wooden building (temple of giant Buddha) and the world’s largest bronze Buddha statue (the giant Buddha). Enjoy the pleasure of strolling around the wide, surrounding deer park (Nara Park) and Mount Wakakusa.

There are a number of small Buddhist temples, shrines, and cool shops in every corner of the old streets. It is a place where you can enjoy a leisurely walk.

There is the oldest wooden building in the world, and you can see the mural (copy) of Damjing, a Buddhist priest. It holds approximately 190 national treasures and 2,300 important cultural properties. It was also the first cultural heritage site to be registered in Japan.