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Miyako Traditional Crafts Centre
If you can pry yourself away from the beaches for a moment, the Miyako Traditional Arts & Crafts Centre in Hirara has a 2nd-floor workshop where traditional minsā weaving is taught. Its up a small alley off Ichiba-dōri across from the Miyako Dai-ichi Hotel (宮古第一ホテル) – listen fo
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Dejima Museum
The small museum, a cluster of small buildings, has exhibits on the Dutch and other foreign contact with Nagasaki, and free walking-tour maps of the entire site. Although the island was submerged during 19th-century land-reclamation projects, the trading post, now a national histor
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BankART Studio NYK
In a former warehouse, this multi-floor gallery is a fixture on the local arts scene. It hosts changing exhibitions from local and international artists, and you can sift through flyers for local events over drinks in the 1st-floor cafe before stocking up on art and design books in
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Akagi
Akagi-jinja, Kagurazaka’s signature shrine, looks nothing like the traditional ones you’ve encountered around the city. In 2010 the shrine, which can trace its history back centuries, was completely remodelled by Kengo Kuma, one of Japan’s most prominent contemporary architects. Th
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Yokoyama Taikan Memorial Hall
Early-20th-century artist Yokoyama Taikan was one of the masters of modern nihonga (Japanese-style painting). Inside his former residence, a traditional Japanese structure with a garden, are changing displays of his works and those of his contemporaries. The museum closes for sever
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Idemitsu Museum of Arts
Youll find here an excellent collection of Japanese art, sprinkled with Chinese and Korean pottery and a few stray Western pieces – the result of the lifetime passion of petroleum magnate Idemitsu Sazo. There is no permanent display, with exhibits changing every few months to showc
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Dōgenzaka
Dōgenzaka, named for a 13th-century highway robber, is a maze of narrow streets. Home to one of Tokyos largest clusters of love hotels (hotels for amorous encounters), its also known as Love Hotel Hill. Its more than a little seedy, but some of the older hotels have fantastical (if
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d47 Museum
Lifestyle brand D&D Department combs the country for the platonic ideals of the utterly ordinary: the perfect broom, bottle opener, or salt shaker (to name a few examples). See rotating exhibitions of their latest finds from all 47 prefectures at this one-room museum. The excel
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Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
This facility is built around the worlds largest aquarium tank, which houses a fantastic variety of marine life, including whale sharks. Unfortunately, the aquarium is on the checklist of every single tourist to the island, and it can be packed. From Nago, buses 65, 66 and 70 run d
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Sumo Museum
On the ground floor of Ryōgoku Kokugikan Stadium, this small museum displays the pictures of all the past yokozuna (top-ranking sumo wrestlers), or for those who lived before the era of photography, ukiyo-e (woodblock prints). During sumo tournaments, the museum is only open to tic
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Hokkaidō Jingu
To the west of the city, this shrine is nestled in a forest so dense its easy to forget that Sapporo is just beyond the grounds. Dating back to 1869, this is one of the oldest shrines in Hokkaidō and is known for its spectacular cherry and plum blossoms in spring. A few blocks west
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Hakone Sekisho
Youre free to walk through this 2007 reconstruction of the feudal-era checkpoint on the Old Tōkaidō Hwy, but if you want to enter any of the buildings youll need to buy a ticket. One displays Darth Vader–like armour and grisly implements used on lawbreakers. Theres basic English ex
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Shimada Museum of Art
Through the winding backstreets south of Honmyō-ji (about 20 minutes on foot), this quiet museum displays the calligraphy and scrolls of Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645), samurai, artist and strategist. Current artists work is on display in adjoining galleries. Theres also a cafe at th
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Shirara
Shirara-hama, the towns main beach, is famous for its white sand. If it reminds you of Australia, the town had to import sand from Down Under after the original stuff washed away. This place is packed during July and August, but in the low season it can be quite pleasant. The beach
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Shiodome
Built with similar aspirations as Roppongi Hills, Shiodome is a complex of multipurpose towers stuffed with the usual spread of offices and restaurants. Unlike its Roppongi counterpart, this future-city hasnt quite hit its stride, which means its thankfully never too crowded, but t
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Washō Market
A couple of minutes walk from the south side of JR Kushiro station, Washō Ichiba features every kind of seafood imaginable. Its as much a sightseeing spot as a place to eat. Try the local speciality known as Katte-don (勝手丼), where you buy a bowl of sushi rice then add your choice o
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Yamatogawa Sake Brewing Museum
Step inside the Yamatogawa Sake Brewing Museum to peek inside a kura that dates from 1790 and, until 20 years ago, functioned as a sake brewery. Its a 15-minute walk north of Kitakata station. East of the museum and across the river, Otazukikura-dōri has a cluster of pretty kura th
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Nihon Yūsen Building
Lying behind the park at the northern end of the canal is the old Nihon Yūsen Company Building. Before the collapse of the herring industry, many of Hokkaidōs shipping orders were processed here. The interior of the building has been restored to its former grandeur and provides a r
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Ikuta Shrine
Said to have been founded in AD 201, this peaceful, wooded shrine has played a key role in sake brewing history, survived civil wars and WWII, and been a gathering place for residents after natural disasters such as the 1995 earthquake. Its forest and landmark camphor tree are grea
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Bukeyashiki Ishiguro
Built in 1809 as the residence of the Ishiguro family, advisers to the Satake clan, this is one of the oldest buildings in the district. A descendant of the family still lives here, but some rooms are open to the public. In addition to samurai gear, dont miss the weathered maps and
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