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.
Jigen-ji Temple
Jigen-ji Temple is known for its beautiful, mossy garden, which is particularly dramatic in the early spring and late autumn.
Jikō-ji Temple
A temple with an unusual stone gate and a panoramic view over Onomichi.
JMSDF Kure Museum
One of the few museums in the world where you can enter a real decommissioned submarine.
John Mung Museum
In the town of Tosashimizu is a charming museum to Nakahama Manjiro, one of the first Japanese to go to the United States.
Kaimei School
Built in 1882 in the Meiji period, this is one of the oldest primary school buildings in western Japan.
Kameizumi Brewery
Fruity yet dry sake from ‘the spring that never dries up’
Kamihaga Residence
One of the biggest and finest buildings in Uchiko is the Kamihaga Residence, the former home and workshop of the Kamihaga family.
Kamijima-chō
Kamijima is a little known archipelago in the Seto Inland Sea between Honshū and Shikoku.
Kamiyama
Kamiyama (God Mountain) is a mountainous region located in the middle of Tokushima Prefecture.