Tagoyano Shell Mound
An early Jōmon shell midden in northeastern Japan designated a National Historic Site in 1944, rare for its…
An early Jōmon shell midden in northeastern Japan designated a National Historic Site in 1944, rare for its…
The former home of Meiji-era silk farmer Tajima Yahei, whose revolutionary sericulture theories transformed Japanese silk production.
A modern railway station on Tokyo's Keio Inokashira Line, serving the residential Suginami ward in western Tokyo.
Home to Japan's legendary all-female Takarazuka Revue, this theater opened in 1924 and was rebuilt in 1993, remaining…
A pioneering coal mine on Takashima island near Nagasaki, Japan, that supplied high-quality coking coal to Japan's industrial…
A pioneering 1887 silk-industry research institute founded by Takayama Chōgorō, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Gunma,…
A royal mausoleum built in 1501 by King Shō Shin of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Tamaudun in Shuri, Okinawa,…
Kyoto's foremost Zen temple, founded by shogun Ashikaga Takauji in 1339 and led by the great master Musō…
Aokigahara, also known as the Sea of Trees (Jukai), is a dense primeval forest covering approximately 30 square…
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