柯連佳's Reviews

Beppu Bay Service Area

A service area offering panoramic views of Beppu Bay from an elevation of 380 meters. Located on the Higashi-Kyushu Expressway, Beppu Bay Service Area was designed by Sanso Murata, a ryokan in Yufuin. A walkway lined with seasonal flowers connects the upbound and downbound sides, allowing visitors to move between them for dining and shopping.

• Oita
• Stations & Roadside Stations & Tourist Information Centers

Uroko House (Former Harrier Residence)

Uroko House (Former Harrier Residence) is located in Kobe Kitano Ijinkan district, an area where Western-style residences built by foreign settlers line the hillside following the opening of Kobe Port. Of the more than 30 historic foreign residences that still remain today, Uroko House was the first to be opened to the public. It is believed to have been built in the former foreign settlement in the late Meiji period and later relocated to its current site during the Taisho era. The building is designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan and is also selected as one of Hyogo Prefecture’s Top 100 Historic Houses.

• Kobe
• Museums

Daio Wasabi Farm

The biggest Wasabi farm started cultivating in 1917. 120 thousand tons of melted snow at an average of 13℃ is gushing every day from the northern Alps at a huge farm of about 15 hectares, in which Wasabi is cultured.

• Nagano
• Nature Spots

Myojin Pond

Nestled quietly among coniferous forests in Kamikochi, Myojin Pond consists of "First Pond" and "Second Pond." There are two routes to the ponds, one on the left bank and the other on the right bank of the Azusa River, both of which are moderate walking courses from Kappa Bridge, taking about an hour.

• Nagano
• Nature Spots

Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine

Ketsumi-mikono-okami is enshrined here. The shrine was built during the era of Japan’s 10th emperor, Sujin. Designated as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2004.

• Wakayama
• Shrines & Temples

Nachi Waterfall

Kumano-Nachi Taisha is the main shrine of over 4000 Kumano Shrines dotting Japan. This waterfall stands within the holy area, The grandest fall in Japan is 133m-tall, 13m-wide at the mouth, where water begins to fall, and the plunge pool is 10m-deep, and pours over 1 ton/second of water through three wedges which merges as one fall, thus called “Three Stream Fall.”

• Wakayama
• Nature Spots

Kumano Kodo Path

Kumano Kodo is the path leading to the three Kumano Mountains (Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine, Kumano Hayatama Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha and Mt. Nachisan Seiganto Temple). While Kumano faith was rising, noble families used this path to come to Kumano, which was later spread to the general public.

• Wakayama
• Mie
• Tourist Attractions

Mount Takao

Mount Takao is a peak with an levation of 599 meters, located in Tokyo’s Hachioji City. With good transportation access, it’s a popular placee to go mountain climbing. While still in the city, it’s like taking a trip to the countryside! From families with small children to the elderly, about 3,000,000 people visit every year. It’s world famous as the mountain boasting the most climbers in the world.

• Tachikawa, Hachioji, Machida
• Nature Spots

Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima Shrine stands on the island of Itsukushima, which is also known as the island of gods. It is said that the shrine was founded in 593 by Saeki no Kuramoto, and the 3 goddess “Ichikishimahime-no-Mikoto,” “Tagorihime-no-Mikoto,” and “Tagitsuhime-no-Mikoto” are enshrined there. Famous for granting a wide list of benefits, these three goddesses as are worshipped as the goddesses of the sea, transportation, fortune, and art.

• Miyajima, Miyahama Onsen, Otake
• Shrines & Temples

Kinrin Lake

Kinrin Lake is one of many popular tourist spots in the hot springs town of Yufuin. The lake sits under Mt. Yufu and as such was called takemoto-no-ike (lit. “lake under the mountain”) for years. However, it was renamed to Kinrin, or “golden scales”, by Mori Kuso in 1884 when he saw the golden glimmering scales of fish as they swam at sunset.

• Oita
• Nature Spots