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Matsukawa Pleasure Boat

This is a historical cruise that starts at the foot of the bridge near Toyama Castle Ruins Park and takes about 30 minutes for a round trip along the Matsukawa River. The cruise is guided by the captain of the boat, who is full of personality, and visitors can enjoy the view from the water while tracing the history of the Toyama Clan, a branch of the Kaga Hyakumangoku Clan.

• Toyama

Meiso no Sato (Meditation Resort)

This mysterious village, known as ”the Village in the Sky,” sits at the top of Toga Village Uebatake. Huge Mandala and Buddha paintings created by a Nepalese monk such as a dynamic painting of a garden “Flower Mandala” at the center are hung in the Meditation Hall, a display room and an inn. Yoga and meditation events are held for visitors to refresh their bodies and souls.

• Toyama
• Experiences Facilities

Yasugibushi Performance Hall

Yasugibushi Performance Hall is a theater daily performing the Dojou-Sukui dance (dojo pond loach catching dance) which grew very popular from the Taisho Period to the beginning of Showa Period.

• Shimane
• Museums

Akita City Folk Performing Arts Heritage Center / Former Kaneko Family Residence

Akita’s Kanto Festival is held in early August where many Kantos (bamboo branches with lanterns) are likened to lighted rice ears. This summer event in Akita is one of the three major festivals in the Tohoku Region. If you missed it, you can visit here and put your hands on the real Kanto.

• Akita
• Museums

Marine World Uminonakamichi

Marine World Uminonakamichi, opened in 1989, is an aquarium that exhibits about 350 species and 30,000 organisms under the theme of "Kyushu's Sea”.

• Fukuoka
• Zoos & Aquariums

BOSS E・ZO FUKUOKA

“BOSS E・ZO FUKUOKA” opened in July 2020, next to PayPay Dome. From top to bottom, the building features a variety of diverse entertainments.

• Fukuoka
• Experiences Facilities

Reverberatory Furnace Ruin

A cluster of western-style factories, Shuseikan, was built to strengthen Japan’s military. Satsuma Domain’s lord, Shimazu Nariakira, began directing the project in 1851 and iron manufacturing, ship construction, textile, and glass making were run here.

• Kagoshima
• Tourist Attractions

National Crafts Museum

In October 2020, the Crafts Gallery of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, which had been located in Kitanomaru on the banks of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, relocated and opened in Kanazawa, the "City of Arts and Crafts".

• Kanazawa
• Museums

Former Kagoshima Foreign Engineer's Residence（Ijinkan）

As part of “Shuseikan Business”, Shimazu Nariakira preached the importance of creating sails for Western ships to promote trading. When he suddenly passed away, his adopted child, Shimazu Tadayoshi created Japan’s first western style textile factory, the Kagoshima Spinning Mill in 1867.

• Kagoshima
• Museums

Wajima Kobo Nagaya Workshop

This is a craftsman's row house where five workshops related to Wajima-Nuri lacquerware are gathered. Visitors can view Wajima-Nuri lacquerware in the gallery, observe how the lacquerware is made, and experience Wajima-Nuri painting techniques such as chinkin and maki-e to make their original chopsticks.

• Ishikawa
• Experiences Facilities