何婉瑜's Reviews

Mori Ogai Former Residence

Mori Ogai, a major literary figure of the Meiji era, is known for "The Dancing Girl," a story about the love between a Japanese student studying abroad and a German girl. The place he lived when he was assigned to Kokura as head of the medical corps of the former Imperial Japanese Army’s 12th Division is the "Mori Ogai Former Residence," a designated cultural property of Kitakyushu City. This wooden Japanese-style house was built around 1897, and it is said that Mori Ogai mainly used an eight-tatami reception room and a smaller four-and-a-half-tatami room that continues on the south side.

• Kitakyushu
• Museums

Takayama Jin-ya

Takayama Jin-ya is the office building where magistrates and officers were working in the Edo Period. It consists of offices and storage. In 1692 when Hida Province came under the Tokugawa shogunate’s direct control, governors and magistrates sent from Edo performed official duties here for the next 176 years.

• Gifu
• Tourist Attractions

Bokka no Sato (Pastoral Village)

The Hirugano Plateau is located at an altitude of 1,000 meters at the foot of Mount Dainichigatake in Okumino, Gifu Prefecture. Bokka no Sato is a relaxing theme park with flowers and animals.

• Gifu
• Zoos & Aquariums

Taisho Pond

Taisho Pond was created by the blockage of the Azusa River due to the eruption of Yakedake Mountain in 1915. The clean blue-green water clearly reflects the beautiful Kamikochi mountain range. The forest under the water has decayed in a mystical way, which now gives the pond a spiritual atmosphere. The beautiful birch forest spreads out at an altitude of 1,490 meters above sea level, the highest level where these kinds of trees are able to grow.

• Nagano
• Nature Spots

Kamikochi

Kamikochi offers one of Japan's most spectacular mountain sceneries. Its magnificent landscape is designated as a Special Natural Monuments along with Special Places of Scenic Beauty. Walter Weston, a British Anglican missionary praised Kamikochi in his writing “Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japan Alps” in 1896 which made Kamikochi an internationally well-known mountain area.

• Nagano
• Nature Spots

Houkokuji Temple

This Kamakura temple received a three-star rating in the Michelin Green Guide Japan, a tourist guidebook aimed at overseas visitors to Japan.

• Kamakura
• Shrines & Temples

Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse

This red brick warehouse was a world-renowned state-of-the-art Japanese warehouse from the Meiji era into the Taisho era. Presently, its appearance has been maintained, and the 2-building warehouse contains shops, restaurants, and a multipurpose hall, making it a culture and shopping spot.

• Yokohama
• Museums