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- Hokkaido
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  - Hokkaido
    
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    Abashiri Prison Museum
    Asahi-dake
    Asahiyama Zoo
    Botanic Garden
    Farm Tomita (Furano Lavender Fields)
    Flower Land Kamifurano
    Hokkaido Museum
    Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples
    Kamuiwakkayu Falls
    Lake Mashu
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    Shiretoko Peninsula
- Tohoku
  - Prefecture
  - Akita
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Akita Dog Museum
    Akita Museum of Art
    Akita Omoriyama Zoo
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Aomori
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Aomori Asamushi Aquarium
    Aomori Museum of Art
    Hirosaki Apple Park
    Hirosaki Castle
    Jogakura Bridge
    Sannai Maruyama Site
    Yagen Valley
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    Shirakami-sanchi
  - Fukushima
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Abukumado Cave
    Aquamarine Fukushima
    Hanamiyama Park
    Lake Inawashiro
    Mount Bandai
    Oyakuen Garden
    Spa Resort Hawaiians
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Iwate
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Chuson-ji Temple
    Goishi Coast
    Jodogahama Beach
    Mt. Hayachine
    Ryusendo Cave
    Tenshochi Park
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
    
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Iwate)
    
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Kamaishi)
  - Miyagi
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Cat Island
    Entsu-in
    Homma Museum of Art
    Ishinomori Manga Museum
    Matsushima Bay
    Naruko Gorge
    Osaki Hachiman-gu
    Sendai Downtown
    Shiogama-jinja
    Tōhoku History Museum
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Yamagata
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Honma Residence
    Kamo Aquarium
    Ken Domon Museum of Photography
    Yamadera Temple
    Yudono-san
    Zao Onsen Ski Resort
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
- Kanto
  - Prefecture
  - Ibaraki
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Aqua World Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium
    Fukuroda Waterfall
    Hitachi Seaside Park
    Kairakuen Garden
    Lake Kasumigaura
    Oarai Isosaki Shrine
    The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
    Tsukuba Space Center
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Tochigi
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Ashikaga Flower Park
    Banna-ji
    Futarasan Jinja
    Kegon Falls
    Lake Chūzenji
    Rinnoji
    Shinkyo Bridge
    Taiyuinbyo (Iemitsu Mausoleum)
    Tobu World Square
    Tosho-gu Shrine
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    Shrines and Temples of Nikko
  - Gunma
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Fukiware Falls
    Gunma Flower Park
    Gunma Safari Park
    Kezoji Park
    Kusatsu Onsen
    Sainokawara Park
    Tsutsujigaoka Park
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    Tomioka Silk Mill
  - Saitama
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Hikawa Shrine
    Hitsujiyama Park
    Omiya Bonsai Village
    Saitama Prefectural Museum
    The Railway Museum
    Tobu Zoo Park
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Chiba
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Boso no Mura Open Air Museum
    Fukuoka Castle Ruins (Maizuru Park)
    Museum of Aeronautical Sciences
    National Museum of Japanese History
    Tokyo Disney Sea
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Tokyo
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Aogashima Island
    Ghibli Museum
    Hama Rikyu-teien Garden
    Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
    Ichigaya Fishing Center
    Idemitsu Museum of Arts
    Inokashira Park
    Kyu Furukawa Gardens
    Meiji Shrine
    Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    National Museum of Western Art
    
    Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands)
  - Kanagawa
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Doraemon Museum
    Enno-ji
    Enoshima Aquarium
    Great Buddha of Kamakura
    Hakone Open Air Museum
    Hase Temple (Hasedera)
    Hikawa Maru
    Hokoku-ji
    Iwaya Caves
    Jomyoji
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
- Chubu
  - Prefecture
  - Aichi
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Atsuta Shrine
    Inuyama Castle
    Meiji Mura Museum
    Nagoya Castle
    Nagoya TV Tower
    Noritake Gardens, Museum and Craft Centre
    Osu Kannon Temple
    SCMaglev and Railway Park
    Sky Promenade in Midland Square
    Tokugawa Art Museum
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Fukui
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Echizen Katsuyama Castle (Katsuyama Castle Museum)
    Eihei-ji Temple
    Fukui Dinosaur Museum
    Kehi Shrine
    Tojinbo
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Gifu
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Chirihama Beach Driveway
    Hida Folk Village
    Otaki Shonyudo
    Shin-Hotaka Ropeway
    Takayama Jinya
    Wada House
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
  - Ishikawa
    
    Popular destinations
    
    21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
    Hakusan White Road
    Kanazawa Castle Park
    Kenroku-en Garden
    Mount Hakusan
    Senmaida Rice Terraces
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Nagano
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Chubu Sungaku National Park
    Japan Ukiyo-e Museum
    Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park
    Kamikochi
    M-Wave Nagano
    Matsumoto Castle
    Mount Iizuna
    Shin-Yakushi-ji
    Shinano Art Museum
    Takato Castle Park
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Niigata
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Bandai Bridge
    Shirone Grape Garden
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Shizuoka
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Atami Onsen
    Cape Irozaki
    Dogashima
    Fuji Safari Park
    Hamamatsu Castle
    Izu Cactus Park
    Jogasaki Coast
    Kunozan Toshogu Shrine
    Miho Beach
    Mount Omuro
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    Fujisan
    
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Nirayama)
  - Toyama
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Kurobe Gorge
    Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Yamanashi
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Fuji Five Lakes (Fujigoko)
    Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park
    Kawaguchiko Museum of Art
    Kawaguchiko Music Forest
    Narusawa Ice Cave
    Yamanashiken Fuefukigawa Fruit Park
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
- Kansai
  - Prefecture
  - Hyogo
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Arima Onsen
    Engyo-ji
    Himeji Castle
    Honpuku-ji
    Ikuta Shrine
    Kinosaki Onsen
    Kobe Animal Kingdom
    Kobe City Museum
    Kokoen Garden
    Takeda Castle Ruins
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Kyoto
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Amanohashidate
    Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
    Bishamondo Temple
    Chion-in Temple
    Daigo Temple
    Daitoku-ji
    Eikan-do Zenrin-ji Temple
    Fushimi Inari-Taisha
    Ginkaku-ji
    Heian Shrine
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
    
    Kamo Shrine
    
    Kiyozumi-dera
    
    Saiho-ji Temple
  - Mie
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Akame 48 Waterfalls
    Ise Grand Shrine
    Mikimoto Pearl Island
    Toba Aquarium
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Nara
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Gangoji Temple
    Heijo Palace (Nara Imperial Palace)
    Horyuji Temple
    Isui-en Garden
    Isuien Garden
    Mount Yoshino
    Nara National Museum
    Nara Park
    Todaiji Temple
    Toshodaiji Temple
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    Buddhist Monuments at the Temple of Horyu-ji
  - Osaka
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Grand Front Osaka
    Abeno Harukas
    Kids Plaza Osaka
    Minoo Park
    Namba Parks
    National Art Museum of Osaka
    National Bunraku Theatre
    National Museum of Art, Osaka
    Osaka Aquarium
    Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Shiga
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Hikone Castle
    Ishiyama-dera Temple
    Miho Museum
    Mii-dera Temple
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Wakayama
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Adventure World
    Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine
    Mount Koya
    Wakayama Castle
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
- Chugoku
  - Prefecture
  - Hiroshima
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Asa Zoo
    Daisho-in Temple
    Hiroshima Castle
    Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (Heiwa Kinen Koen)
    Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
    Itsukushima Shrine
    Mazda Museum
    Mitaki-Dera Temple
    Momijidani Park
    Mount Misen
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    Peace Memorial Dome at Hiroshima
    
    Shinto Shrine at Itsukushima
  - Okayama
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Great Seto Bridge
    Japan Rural Toy Museum
    Ohara Museum of Art
    Raikyu-ji
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Shimane
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Adachi Museum of Art
    Izumo Taisha Shrine (Izumo Grand Shrine)
    Matsue Castle
    Matsue Vogel Park
    Shimane Art Museum
    Yushien Japanese Garden
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
  - Tottori
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Sand Museum
    Tottori Hanakairo Flower Park
    Tottori-sakyu Sand Dunes
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Yamaguchi
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Hagi Uragami Museum
    Iwakuni Art Museum
    Iwakuni Castle
    Kintai Bridge
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Hagi)
- Shikoku
  - Prefecture
  - Ehime
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Matsuyama Castle
    Shiki Memorial Museum
    Shimanami Kaido
    Uchiko-za Theater
    Uwajima Castle
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Kagawa
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Benesse House
    Chichu Art Museum
    Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
    Ritsurin Garden
    Teshima Art Museum
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Kochi
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Chikurin-ji Temple
    Katsurahama Beach
    Kitagawa Village "Monet's Garden" Marmottan
    Shimanto River
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Tokushima
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Naruto Whirlpools
    Ōtsuka Museum of Art
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
- Kyushu
  - Prefecture
  - Fukuoka
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
    Hakata Machiya Folk Museum
    Kawachi Fuji Garden
    Kitakyushu Manga Museum
    Kushida Shrine
    Kyushu National Museum
    Ohori Park
    Space World
    Uminonakamichi Seaside Park
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Fukuoka)
  - Kagoshima
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Flower Park Kagoshima
    Kagoshima City Aquarium
    Kirishima-Jingū
    Museum of Meiji Restoration
    Nagashima Museum
    Sakurajima
    Saraku Sand Bath
    Senganen Garden
    Yakusugi Land
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Kagoshima)
    
    Yakushima Island
  - Kumamoto
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Amakusa Christian Museum
    Aso Farm Land
    Minamata Disease Municipal Museum
    Suizen-ji Garden
    Suizenji Garden
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Miyazaki
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Heiwadai Park
    Takachiho Gorge
    Tarumi Park
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Nagasaki
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Atomic Bomb Museum
    Glover Garden
    Hashima Island
    Huis Ten Bosch
    Matsura Historical Museum
    Mount Inasayama
    Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
    Nagasaki Peace Park
    Nagasaki's Chinatown
    Oura Catholic Church
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Nagasaki)
  - Oita
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Kuju Flower Park
    Monkey Park
    Oita Prefectural Art Museum
    Usa Shrine
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    None for this prefecture.
  - Saga
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Karatsu Castle
    Mifuneyama Garden
    Yoshinogari Historical Park
    
    Japan heritage sites
    
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Mietsu Naval Dock)
    
    Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (Saga)
- Okinawa
  - Prefecture
  - Okinawa
    
    Popular destinations
    
    Hiji Waterfall
    Iriomote Island
    Ishigaki Island
    Miyako Island
    Naha Shikinaen Garden
    Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
    Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum
    Okinawa World
    Shuri Castle
    Tamagusuku Castle Ruins
    
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    Japan heritage sites
    
    Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
    
    Nakijin Castle
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Spring (March to May)

During spring, the festivals are all about cherry blossoms – as it should. Their beauty are really incomparable. It’s only right that viewing these flowers is considered an event. Among the popular spots to attend viewings of cherry blossoms are Matsumae Park, Hirosami Park, Kakunodate, and Ueno Park.

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Hirosami Park

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