toyamaThe Kurobe Gorge Railway Co., Ltd

Originally constructed for the electric power development of the Kurobe river area, Kurobe Kyokoku Railway trains run along the deepest V-shaped gorge in Japan. Passengers can enjoy picturesque and...

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aichiToyota Kaikan Museum

This museum introduces Toyota’s initiatives for a prosperous society through automobiles and showcases the latest automobile-manufacturing through various types of cars and videos.

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shigaKosugi Yutaka Farm

This farm is one of the largest areas for strawberry picking tourism in Shiga Prefecture and accepts groups of up to 200 people at a time (Strawberry-picking).

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shigaOkuda Chuzaemon Gama Shigaraki Tougeimura

Shigaraki Tougeimura (pottery village) is a facility that houses old-style kilns, workshops, display rooms and a gift shop. The old pottery founded in 1888 is open to the public for free. Visitors ...

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mieDrive-in Aratake

This facility has several shops offering a wide variety of local specialties such as the Ekiben of Matsusaka station, which uses a special famous kind of beef called “Matsusaka-ushi.” (“Ekiben” are...

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mieMikimoto Pearl Island Co., Ltd.

Mikimoto Pearl Island was the first place to develop cultured pearls. The island’s museum showcases pearls from the perspective of nature, humanity and industry, while the Memorial Hall introduces ...

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aichiDenpark

In this park, visitors can observe some 3,250 species and around 280,000 flowers, plants and greenery found in gardens designed to cater for every season. This facility has one of the largest green...

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aichiMatsuura Phalaenopsis Orchid Farm

Visitors can watch more than 10,000 phalaenopsis orchid flowers all-year round in computer-controlled greenhouses, which span more than 13 square kilometers of land - making it the largest orchid f...

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aichiBank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum

This museum exhibits the largest privately-owned collection of domestic and international currencies (some 10,000) in Japan. Visitors can observe such rarities as coins made of stone or ceramics an...

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shizuokaShuzenji Niji-no-Sato

Niji-no-Sato has both a British and Canadian village section and some beautiful Japanese gardens within a 50-hectare area surrounded by nature. Visitors can observe a wide variety of flowers and tr...

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shizuokaYamaha Motor Communication Plaza

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is a leading company in transportation equipment manufacturing; a major industry in the west part of Shizuoka prefecture. Yamaha Communication Plaza exhibits more than 100 pr...

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shizuokaHamamatsu Castle

Hamamatsu Castle was built in 1570 by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu who lived in the castle for 17 years. The castle boasts exhibition rooms on the 1st and 2nd floor, an observation deck with a panoramic...

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gifuMino Washi Museum

In this museum, visitors can see, touch and learn how to make Mino-Washi; traditional Japanese paper, which was first made some 1,300 years ago.

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gifuFormer Imai Residence/Mino History Museum

Visitors can observe the old Imai* family residence, which was built in the middle of Edo period. *Imai was a wealthy merchant and wholesaler of Japanese Paper (Washi).

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gifuStone Museum Hakusekikan

Hirukawa village is one of the three largest mineral producers in Japan. In the Stone Museum, visitors can observe collections of rare minerals.

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gifuCormorant Fishing on the Nagara River in Gifu

Ukai is an ancient fishing method where tamed cormorants, beneath a torch fire in an iron basket hung from the prow of the boat at night, are used to catch sweet fish called “Ayu”. Cormorant fishin...

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gifuGifu City Cormorant Fishing Viewing Boat Shipyard

This facility is a shipyard with cormorant fishing viewing boats, which are traditional Japanese-style wooden ships. It is the only public cormorant fishing viewing boat facility in Japan which wel...

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naganoMarudai Food Co., Ltd., Shinshu Nozawana Factory Center Iida

Visitors can observe the Nozawana-zuke (salted pickles of edible Japanese radish leaves) manufacturing process after pickling Nozawana (weighing, form-shaping and packing)

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naganoSoba Restaurant 'Jibasan - Kobo Yokotei'

This soba noodle restaurant and studio is set in fantastic surroundings, with a panoramic view of both paddy fields and five different mountain ranges; Madarao, Yamanouchi, Kitashiga, Shiga-highla...

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naganoDaio Wasabi Farm

This is one of the largest flatland Wasabi (a kind of horseradish) farms in Japan. Visitors can watch closely how this special product of Azumino (in Shinshu) is cultivated.

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