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Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art
A comprehensive collection of modern works primarily by Japanese artists. The museum is a few blocks north of Nishi-juhatchōme station (exit 4) on the Tōzai line.
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Honda Museum
This museum exhibits the Honda family (chief retainers to the Maeda clan) collection of armour, household utensils and art. Theres a detailed catalogue in English.
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Ko
In the Dutch Slopes, the quiet Ko-shashin-shiryōkan showcases the areas history (note that most signage is in Japanese). The combined admission is for Maizō-shiryōkan as well.
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Ōgamiyama
Surrounding Daisen-ji are temples, ruins and forest walking tracks, and you can walk up the stone path to shrine Ōgamiyama-jinja, the oldest building in western Tottori-ken.
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Nagoya Nō Theatre
Outside the main gate of Nagoya-jō, the theatre has a small museum of costumes and antiquities related to nō, one of the worlds oldest continuously performed theatre forms.
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Hokkaidō Ainu Center
Across the street from Hokkaidō University Botanical Garden, this cultural centre offers an interesting display room of robes, tools and historical information on the Ainu.
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Kutani Kosen Gama Kiln
The Kutani Kosen Gama Kiln is a must for pottery lovers. Short tours give visitors a glimpse of the process and history of this fine craft. You can decorate porcelain yourself.
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Kōshō
At the end of the historic district, youll see signs pointing to this shrine up the hill. Its just a few minutes walk up to the large reclining Buddha in front of the shrine.
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Ukawa Onsen Yoshino
Ukawa Onsen Yoshino-no-Sato is a fine hot-spring complex built like a contemporary farmhouse with views down to the sea; its restaurant serves casual meals made from local produce.
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Sannō Club
Time-warp back to the boom days of the Meiji-era, when this lavish private club would have been a very lively and decadent place indeed. If only these walls could talk...
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Shōji Ueda Museum of Photography
Showcases the works of prominent Tottori Prefecture photographer Shōji Ueda (1913–2000), in a large minimalist concrete building with fabulous views across to the mountain.
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Imperial Palace Plaza
This wide grassy park separates the Imperial Palace from Marunouchi and is the spot from which to take in the famous view of two aligned bridges: Megane-bashi and Nijū-bashi.
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Gyokurin
One of Yanakas many ambient temples, this one is home to an ancient chinquapin tree. Its around back; you have to ask someone from the temple to take you around to see it.
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Heiseikan
Part of the Tokyo National Museum, this building houses the Japanese Archaeological Gallery, full of pottery, talismans and articles of daily life from Japans prehistoric periods.
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Osaka Tenman
Founded in the 10th century, this shrine is dedicated to Sugawara Michizane, the Shintō god of scholarship. The honden (main hall) and main gate were most recently rebuilt in 1845.
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Gōjūnotō
This colourfully decorated pagoda is an 1819 reconstruction of the mid-17th-century original. Its possible to go inside to get a closer look at the earthquake-proof construction.
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Fukagawa Bansho Gallery
Housed in an old printing shop, this Zen-like room often hosts mind-bending exhibitions by young Japanese artists such as Soga Takuji, Ishikawa Chisato and Sakai Yoshihito.
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Yoshida
Yoshida-jinja is the largest shrine on Yoshida-yama, the small mountain that rises just east of Kyoto University. Its most famous for the fire festival held here every winter.
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Taizō
This subtemple is in the southwestern corner of the grounds of Myōshin-ji. The karesansui (dry-landscape rock garden) depicting a waterfall and islands is well worth a visit.
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Shimoda Kōen & Wakanoura Promenade Park
If you keep walking east from Perry Rd, youll reach the pleasant hillside park of Shimoda Kōen, which overlooks the bay. Its loveliest in June, when the hydrangeas are in bloom.
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