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沖縄県 · Shrines & temples

Yuinchi

南城市本島南部

A place of worship whose name means filled to overflowing with abundance.

沖縄県 · Shrines & temples

Hinukan

久米島町離島

Okinawan houses keep a place in the kitchen for the god of fire. This preserves an old form of it.

沖縄県 · Shrines & temples

Tamagusuku

南城市本島南部

The gateway is cut in the shape of a heart, and the sun of the summer solstice comes straight through it.

沖縄県 · Shrines & temples

Karaukaa

今帰仁村本島北部

A place of worship surviving inside the castle. A castle was also a place of prayer.

北海道 · Tourism

Esashi Togyosai

江差町道南

Said to be the oldest festival in Hokkaido. Floats parade the town in thanks for a good herring catch.

北海道 · Tourism

Goryokaku

函館市道南

Japan's first Western-style star fort, and the final stage of the Battle of Hakodate.

北海道 · Tourism

Otaru Canal

小樽市道央

A canal dug for loading cargo. Stone warehouses stand mirrored in the water.

北海道 · Tourism

Shiretoko Goko

斜里町道東

Five lakes scattered through primeval forest. The trail runs through brown bear country.

北海道 · Tourism

Noboribetsu Jigokudani

登別市道央

The remains of an explosion crater 450 metres across. Nine kinds of spring water rise here.

北海道 · Tourism

Furano

富良野市道央

In July the hills turn purple. It began as cultivation for the perfume trade.

北海道 · Tourism

Biei

美瑛町道央

Each crop takes a different colour, so the fields read like patchwork.

北海道 · Tourism

Sapporo Clock Tower

札幌市道央

The drill hall of Sapporo Agricultural College. The clock has kept running since 1881.

北海道 · Tourism

Lake Akan

釧路市道東

Algae that grow into spheres. Few lakes in the world grow them this large and this round.

北海道 · Tourism

Mt. Hakodate

函館市道南

The sea presses in from both sides, and the land narrows into an hourglass of light.

北海道 · Tourism

Yoichi Distillery

余市町道央

Still distilled over a direct coal fire. Taketsuru Masataka chose the site for a climate close to Scotland's.

北海道 · Tourism

Drift Ice

網走市道東

The southernmost sea in the northern hemisphere where drift ice reaches the shore. Icebreakers push through it.

北海道 · Tourism

Lake Shikotsu

千歳市道央

The second deepest lake in Japan, and one that never freezes.

北海道 · Tourism

Sapporo Snow Festival

札幌市道央

It started with snow sculptures made by junior high school students. Two million people now come.

北海道 · Tourism

Kushiro Shitsugen

釧路市道東

Japan's largest wetland. Red-crowned cranes breed here.

青森県 · Tourism

Tachineputa

五所川原市津軽

Tachineputa floats over twenty metres tall parade past. One form of the wider neputa culture.

青森県 · Tourism

Iwakiyama Jinja Romon

弘前市津軽

An Important Cultural Property. It was originally built as the gate of a temple.

青森県 · Tourism

Inakadate Inari

田舎館村津軽

A village where Yayoi-period paddy fields were excavated. The shrine marks how old rice growing is here.

青森県 · Tourism

Oirase

十和田市南部

Small shrines are dotted along the stream, where the water itself is what is revered.

青森県 · Tourism

Hirosaki-jo

弘前市津軽

The only Edo-period castle keep still standing in northern Japan. Famous for its 2,600 cherry trees.