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神奈川県 · Art & museums

Yokohama Kaigan Church

横浜市 横浜・川崎

Where Japan's first Protestant church was raised; the foreign settlement's grid still shapes the streets.

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Kawasaki Daishi

川崎市 横浜・川崎

Among Japan's most visited temples, with a rare octagonal pagoda and an approach ringing with candy-cutters' knives.

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Sagamihara City Museum

相模原市 県央

Home of the Katsusaka pottery type, whose middle-Jomon vessels are almost overloaded with ornament.

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Atsugi Museum

厚木市 県央

On the medieval Buddhist sculpture of Sagami, showing how Kamakura's style spread into the countryside.

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Hakone Checkpoint and Stone Road

箱根町 県西

A checkpoint rebuilt in timber from excavation and old drawings, beside the paved and cedar-lined Tokaido.

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Fishing Villages of Miura

三浦市 鎌倉・湘南

Fishing hamlets pressed against wave-cut rock platforms - terrain and livelihood in direct contact.

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Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature

横浜市 横浜・川崎

A literature archive rich in book design and illustration - as much about the made book as the text.

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Odawara Castle

小田原市 県西

Nine kilometres of earthworks once enclosed the entire town - the scale of a medieval fortress, still walkable.

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Kiyoken Yokohama Factory

A shumai factory in Yokohama, open for tours of the production line.

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Zama Himawari-batake

Sunflower fields along the Sagami River in Zama, some 550,000 flowers in summer.

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Hakone Pirate Ship

A sightseeing boat across Lake Ashi. The hulls are shaped like sailing ships, with the Hakone mountains seen from the water.

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Kawasui Kawasaki Aquarium

An aquarium in a building by Kawasaki Station, gathering the life of the world's rivers and lakes.

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Susuki Grassland at Sengokuhara

箱根町

A field of pampas grass on the uplands of Hakone, the plumes opening across it in autumn.

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Hakone-Yumoto Station Front Shopping Street

The shopping street in front of Hakone-Yumoto Station, lined with hot-spring bun and dried-fish shops.

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Sarushima

横須賀市

An island off Yokosuka, reached by boat, with the remains of an old army and navy fortress.

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Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

A centre in Shin-Yokohama gathering ramen shops from across Japan, in a recreated Showa streetscape.

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Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama

横浜市

A hands-on museum at Minato Mirai in Yokohama, telling the story of instant noodles and letting you make your own.

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Yuhi Falls

南足柄市

A 23-metre waterfall in Minamiashigara, said to have given Kintaro his first bath.

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Yomiuriland Pool WAI (Water Amusement Island)

川崎市

A pool at the amusement park in Kawasaki, open through the summer.

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明月院

鎌倉市

A temple in Kamakura called the hydrangea temple, its approach turning blue in June.

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Hakone Ropeway

A ropeway between Owakudani and Togendai, passing over the volcanic steam vents.

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Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

An aquarium and amusement park on an artificial island in Yokohama, ringed by sea.

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江の島

藤沢市

An island off Fujisawa, reached by bridge, with a shrine and an observation tower at the top.

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Harbor View Park

横浜市

A hilltop park in Yokohama, looking down on the harbour and the Yokohama Bay Bridge.