岐阜県 · Tourism
Seki Cutlery
関市 中濃
Swordsmithing since the Kamakura period. Today a world centre for kitchen knives and scissors.
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岐阜県 · Tourism
Mino Udatsu
美濃市 中濃
Merchant houses made rich by washi. More udatsu firewalls survive here than anywhere.
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Rengejiike
藤枝市 中部
The water source of tea country.
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Kunozan Ishidan
静岡市 中部
One thousand one hundred and fifty-nine stone steps, remembered by a Japanese pun on the number.
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Nirayama
伊豆の国市 伊豆
A World Cultural Heritage component of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution. A reverberatory furnace that actually operated still stands.
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Oigawa Kawagoshi
島田市 中部
A horse may cross the eight leagues of Hakone, but no one crosses the Oi. The system of river porters survives here.
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Sunpu-jo
静岡市 中部
The castle where Ieyasu spent both his childhood and his last years.
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Mt. Fuji
富士宮市ほか 東部
Three thousand seven hundred and seventy-six metres. It is inscribed not as natural but as cultural heritage: an object of worship and a wellspring of…
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Atami Onsen
熱海市 伊豆
Ieyasu took the waters here. Fireworks rise out over the sea.
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Shuzenji Onsen
伊豆市 伊豆
The oldest hot spring town in Izu, with its bamboo lane and the Katsura river.
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Kakegawa-jo
掛川市 西部
The first fully wooden reconstructed keep in Japan. The Ninomaru palace is an Important Cultural Property.
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Oigawa Railway
島田市 中部
The first place in Japan to bring steam locomotives back into working preservation.
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Kawazu Nanadaru
河津町 伊豆
Seven falls dropping over columnar basalt. The road of The Izu Dancer.
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Numazu Port
沼津市 東部
Suruga Bay is 2,500 metres deep, and deep-sea fish are landed here.
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Hamamatsu Matsuri
浜松市 西部
On the Nakatajima dunes, great kites from 170 districts cut one another's lines.
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Makinohara
牧之原市 中部
The largest tea-growing area in Japan, opened up by former shogunal retainers.
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Nihondaira
静岡市 中部
A hill with Fuji, Suruga Bay and Miho no Matsubara all in view.
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Kamezaki Shiohi
半田市 西三河
The floats are hauled down onto the beach. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Inuyama-jo
犬山市 尾張
A surviving keep, and a National Treasure. It stands on a cliff above the Kiso river.
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Nagoya-jo
名古屋市 尾張
Known for its golden shachihoko. The Honmaru palace has been reconstructed.
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Tatsuki Jinja
岡崎市 西三河
The birthplace of Ieyasu. Hatcho miso warehouses stand nearby.
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Osu Bunko
名古屋市 尾張
It holds classical texts including the oldest surviving manuscript of the Kojiki.
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Tokoname
常滑市 西三河
One of the six ancient kilns of Japan. The history of the pottery trade survives on Dokanzaka, the clay-pipe slope.
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Tsushima Tenno Matsuri
津島市 尾張
Boats hung with lanterns cross the river. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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