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.
Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum
This museum by renowned architect Ando Tadao houses attractive historical exhibits, and offers fine views of Bansuiso Villa.
Sakaide
The city from where the Seto Bridge crosses the Seto Inland Sea to Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, home to the distinctively-shaped Mt. Iino.
Sakakiyama Hachiman Shrine
A Shintō shrine in Akitsu with a sake theme. In the shrine compound is a fine bronze statue of Miura Senzaburō, who devised a method for brewing sake with the soft water of Hiroshima.
Sakawa
This charming little town has Kōchi’s oldest brewery, buildings dating back to the Edo period, and a fine samurai residence.
Sakura Uzumaki Brewery
A Meiji-period brewery set among bucolic rice fields.
Sandankyō Gorge
Sandankyō is a 16 km long gorge along the Shibaki River in Akiōta, Hiroshima, with cliffs and cascading waterfalls reminiscent of Chinese landscape paintings.
Sarukai Village
Sarukai Village is one of the communities in the Iya region built on extremely steep slopes where special agricultural techniques are used.
Seiryūen
Restored mills on the river among the tall cypress trees.
Seiyo
A rural city in southwestern Shikoku, home to one of the island’s two Geoparks.