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Buke Yashiki Samurai Residence
Built for a middle-ranking samurai family during the early 18th century, Buke Yashiki is an immaculately preserved house and garden.
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Ancient Orient Museum
In the Sunshine City complex is this quiet museum, featuring art and antiquities from Iran, Iraq, Uzbekistan and especially Syria.
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Tomio Koyama Gallery
This is a branch of one of Tokyos more influential contemporary art galleries, which shows both Japanese and international artists.
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Sakashita
This gateway on the east side of the main inner courtyard of Tōshō-gū is famous for its decorative carving of a sleeping cat (Nemuri-neko).
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Ishibutai
Composed of vast rocks in an open area, this tomb is said to have housed the remains of Soga no Umako but is now completely empty.
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Iwami Ginzan World Heritage Centre
The Iwami Ginzan World Heritage Centre has exhibits with explanations in English on the history of the mines and the surrounding area.
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Kongōfuku
The grounds of Temple 38, set on the dramatic Ashizuri-misaki, consists of a diverse array of small temples, statues, gardens and ponds.
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Okayama Prefectural Museum
Tools, armoury and Bizen pottery are among the historic artefacts exhibited at this museum. Its located near the entrance to Kōraku-en.
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Nagasaki Traditional Performing Arts Museum
This has a display of dragons and floats used in the colourful Kunchi Matsuri. Youll walk through the museum as you exit the Clover Garden.
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Maman Spider Sculpture
One of the most famous pieces of public art scattered around Roppongi Hills is this giant, bronze spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois.
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Aizu Sake Brewing Museum
This museum, depicting the sake-making process, shares space with a real working brewery. You can sample the house tipple in the gift shop.
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Arimura Lava Observatory
Continuing along the south coast, Arimura Lava Observatory is one of the best places to observe the smoky Minami-dake and the lava flow.
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Tokushima Prefectural Museum
Full of huge dinosaur skeletons and engaging natural-history exhibits, this prefectural museum will keep kids entertained for hours.
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Zenshō
The Daishōji Station area is crammed with temples including Zenshō-ji, which houses over 500 amusingly carved Buddhist arhat sculptures.
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Yasuda Garden
A pleasant walk connects the park and the Ryōgoku Kokugikan through the Yasuda garden , once the site of the Edo home of a daimyō .
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Aqua City
There are some 80 shops (mainly offering fashion goods) and a large number of restaurants in this Tokyo Bay–facing mall on Odaiba.
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Senshūkaku
Adjacent to Tokushima Castle Museum is the beautiful Senshūkaku-teien, an intimate 16th-century garden featuring rock bridges and secluded ponds.
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Kubota House
Across the street from Kikuya House is Kubota House, a renovated residence from the late Edo period that served as a clothing store and sake brewery.
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Kikyō
Kikyō-mon is one of the main original gates to Edo-jō. This is now the departure point for official tours of parts of the Imperial Palace grounds.
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Jōyatō
Looking over the harbour area of Tomo-no-ura is this large stone lantern, which used to serve as a lighthouse and has become a symbol of the town.
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