This library was opened in 2002, as Japan's first national library focusing on children's books. The library building in the picture ori...

Edo Castle, the present Imperial Palace, is equipped with some 50 gates and 11 of them are found along the inner moat. Hirakawa-mon Gate...

The first Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, initiated the castle construction in Edo, present Tokyo, in 1603, and its castle tower was co...

This huge facility 6.3 kilometers long, which lies 50 meters underground, is one of the world's largest flood control channels. As this ...

This Shinto shrine is a component of Kumano Sanzan, three major shrines in Kumano region in Wakayama Prefecture, together with 'Kumano Ho...

A custom to visit the tree major Shinto shrines in Wakayama Prefecture, so-called 'Kumano Sanzan' had spread throughout Japan from the 10...

After striving to follow Kumano pilgrimage main routes all the way from Kyoto, Osaka or Nagoya, Kumano-Hongu-Taisha Shinto shrine comes e...

Chinka-bashi, which literally means a bridge designed to be underwater during a flood, is ausable in the dry season. In the rainy season...

Kumano Nachi Taisha Shinto Shrine, which is a component of 'Kumano Sanzan' meaning three main Kumano shrines, and adjacent Seigando-ji Bu...

The southernmost tip of the main island of Japan is the Shio-no-Misaki Point. A panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean opens out to the so...

The origin of this temple dates back to the end of the 6th century. As one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Japan, this originally was ...

The exposed surface of a big rock, 60 meters high, is dotted with numberless holes which seem to be damaged by worms. Most of the holes ...

At the southernmost tip of the Kii Peninsula, within walking distance of JR Kushimoto Station, about 40 rocks vertically stand in line st...

A huge rock, 150 meters high and 800 meters wide, is found by the riverside of the Koza running in the south of Wakayama Prefecture. Thi...

Whales and dolphins have been captured mainly for food in Japan since time immemorial. Fish, whales and dolphins are essential to cover ...

The Nachi Falls has long been venerated by Japanese people since ancient times, as this is an object of worship of Hiroh Shrine which is ...

Many important buildings from the main keep down, all of them shouldered the responsibility of the politics of Japan in the feudal years,...

These gardens originally belonged to Mutsu Munemitsu, a Foreign Minister who made an outstanding contribution to Japan's modernization la...

Right after the relocation of Asuka-dera from Asuka Village to Nara City in the 8th century, Asuka-dera was renamed Ganko-ji and was desi...

Well-known Kofukuji Buddhist Temple, dating back to the 7th century, is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Japan. After the relocation...