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愛知県 · Tourism

Meiji-mura

犬山市尾張

Meiji-era buildings moved here and preserved, including the entrance hall of the Imperial Hotel.

愛知県 · Tourism

Seto Kamagaki

瀬戸市尾張

Walls built from stacked kiln tools form the lanes. The town that gave the Japanese word for crockery.

愛知県 · Tourism

Toyota Kaikan

豊田市西三河

You can watch the assembly line. Just-in-time production, on the floor.

愛知県 · Tourism

Arimatsu Shibori

名古屋市尾張

A town of shibori dyeing that grew up between the post stations of the Tokaido.

愛知県 · Tourism

Korankei

豊田市西三河

Maples planted by an abbot became four thousand trees of autumn colour.

愛知県 · Tourism

Atsuta Monzen

名古屋市尾張

A rice cake born of the custom of purifying yourself before worship. Hitsumabushi restaurants are close by.

愛知県 · Tourism

Handa Canal

半田市西三河

Vinegar and sake breweries line the water. Mizkan has its head office here.

愛知県 · Tourism

Nagoya TV Tower

名古屋市尾張

Japan's first integrated broadcast tower, designed by Naito Tachu.

三重県 · Tourism

Onigajo

熊野市東紀州

A great rock wall cut by the waves. Part of the Kumano Kodo World Heritage site.

三重県 · Tourism

Okage Yokocho

伊勢市伊勢志摩

Before the gate of the Inner Shrine. The streets of the Edo and Meiji eras have been recreated.

三重県 · Tourism

Ago Bay

志摩市伊勢志摩

Pearl rafts float on a rias coast. This is the sea where Mikimoto Kokichi first succeeded in culturing pearls.

三重県 · Tourism

Meoto Iwa

伊勢市伊勢志摩

Around the summer solstice the sun rises between the two rocks.

三重県 · Tourism

Nabana no Sato

桑名市北勢

One of the largest illumination displays in Japan, with a begonia garden alongside.

三重県 · Tourism

Iga Ninja Museum

伊賀市伊賀

A ninja house with revolving walls and hidden doors, moved here and rebuilt.

三重県 · Tourism

Matsusaka Beef

松阪市中勢

Only virgin Japanese Black cattle qualify. It is called the art of meat.

三重県 · Tourism

Ise Kaido

松阪市ほか中勢

The road of the Ise pilgrimage. There was an age when several million people a year walked it.

三重県 · Tourism

Kumano Fireworks

熊野市東紀州

Shells burst against the rock wall of Onigajo in what is called the sea self-detonation. It has run for 300 years.

三重県 · Tourism

Ama Hut

鳥羽市伊勢志摩

Huts where the free-diving ama warm themselves. More ama remain here than anywhere in Japan.

三重県 · Tourism

Akame Falls

名張市伊賀

A place of shugendo practice. Giant salamanders live here.

三重県 · Tourism

Suzuka Circuit

鈴鹿市北勢

The first full-scale racing circuit in Japan, with a figure-of-eight course that crosses over itself.

三重県 · Tourism

Banko Ware

四日市市北勢

Purple-clay teapots. Most of the clay pots made in Japan come from here.

滋賀県 · Tourism

Hikone-jo

彦根市湖東

A surviving keep, and a National Treasure. It is at its finest seen from Genkyuen below.

滋賀県 · Tourism

Sennichi Kaihogyo

大津市湖南

About 40,000 kilometres walked over seven years. The rule was that anyone who stopped partway was to take his own life.

滋賀県 · Tourism

Lake Biwa

大津市ほか湖南

The largest lake in Japan, taking up a sixth of the prefecture. An ancient lake, four million years old.