Okayama Prefectural Museum
Opened in 1971 in Okayama's Kita-ku, this prefectural museum holds Japan's only known red-laced 12th-century yoroi armor, a…
Japan: 409 heritage places documented by Cultural Heritage Online, region by region — what each one is, where it is, and how to see it.
Opened in 1971 in Okayama's Kita-ku, this prefectural museum holds Japan's only known red-laced 12th-century yoroi armor, a…
The Okinawa Islands, Japan's principal Ryukyu group, are the birthplace of karate and a subtropical blue zone shaped…
A sacred Shinto island off Fukuoka's coast, restricted to ritually purified men and venerated as a living divine…
Two kilometres of lantern-lit cedar dusk to Kobo Daishi's eternal meditation - Japan's holiest cemetery, 200,000 stones among…
The Okura Museum of Art (Okura Shukokan) in Toranomon, Tokyo, is Japan's first private art museum, established in…
Emperor Tenchi's imperial palace served as Japan's capital from 667–672 AD, establishing the legal and administrative systems that…
Ōmika Station is a passenger railway station in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company…
A 170-kilometer pilgrimage route through Japan's Kii Peninsula, connecting the Yoshino River valley to the sacred Kumano Hongū…
An austere Shugendō temple at Mount Ōmine's summit, venerated since the Heian period and off-limits to women for…
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