Places of Interest
Explore Japan Adventurer’s places of interest through the interactive map and listing below, designed to help you discover places by region and theme at a glance. Use the filters to refine what appears, then click any pin or listing to open the page and learn more.
Fukiya Furusato Mura
A street of Edo period buildings uniformly painted with bengara ferric oxide. This town once thrived from mining this valuable red mineral.
Fukuda Brewery
Fukuda Brewery is a traditional sake and shōchū producer operating at the southern tip of Hirado Island.
Fukusai-ji Temple
Fukusai-ji Temple is notable for its huge Kannon statue atop a gigantic tortoise.
Fukuyama Castle
An impressively recreated castle keep with excellent Shinkansen access.
Furuiwaya
An area of bizarre rock formations on Kuma Highland.
Futago-ji Temple
Futago-Ji Temple is the dramatic centre of the Rokugō Manzan pilgrimage circuit of the rugged Kunisaki Peninsula.
Garyū Sansō
An elaborate “mountain hermitage” created by a wealthy trader in Ōzu during the Meiji Period
Glover Garden
Glover Garden is an open-air museum in Nagasaki, overlooking the city’s harbour that preserves several Western-style residences from the late Edo and early Meiji periods,
Gogoshima Island
Gogoshima is the island that sits nearest the coastline of Matsuyama, dominating the skyline with its mountain Kofujiyama which can be climbed easily.