Travel in Japan
Hot Spots in Japan - Travel in Japan
Fujiten Snow Resort
This is a ski ground where everyone from children and beginners to advanced skiers can have fun. It is conveniently located about 90 minutes drive by car from Shinjuku, Yokohama and Shizuoka.
The Railway Museum
This museum contains many enjoyable facilities that everybody young and old can see and touch, including a driving simulator that allows people to experience driving a train, the largest railway model diorama in Japan, and other train-related exhibits.
Kyoto International Manga Museum
Hidden in a rebuilt elementary school is a huge collection of comic books from Japan and around the world. More than 200,000 magazines including precious historical publications such as magazines from the Meiji period, books that were available after the war from rental shops, popular present day manga books as well as foreign manga books are on display for visitors to enjoy.
TARZANIA
A popular European outdoor “Forest Adventure” has become the biggest park of its kind in Japan. Opened in July 2007 and called “Tarzania,” the park has two kinds of adventure course that takes advantage of naturally growing trees in which people can actually fly from tree to tree.
Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura
This vast theme park in front of Nikko National Park has a wide range of film-related attractions including an open set for film sets, theaters, film halls and an exhibition halls.
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
In Fukui prefecture and its vicinity, many fossil remains of dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals have been discovered.
Japan Cycle Sports Center
The standout aspect of this center is the wide range of unique vehicles including bicycles without pedals and chains, flying-saucer shaped “Cycle UFOs,” a “Cycle monorail” (cycling on a 4-metre high rail), and many other kinds.
Re.cord Museum
This is a museum that will teach you about the history of records. The museum houses approximately 720,000 records that have been contributed from all over Japan dating up to 2007, and if requested, you can listen to any of them through a musical system with the largest speaker in Japan.
Nippon Origami Museum
This is a museum where you can really enjoy the world of origami. The museum has several interesting sections including the Four Seasons Origami Garden and the World’s Smallest Origami Crane Exhibition.
YUNOKUNI no MORI
This theme park contains more than 50 kinds of traditional art works displayed in 11 pavilions. Recently, not only Japanese, but also foreigners have been taking an interest in them.
Megaweb
Megaweb is a theme park where you can actually see, touch and drive a wide range of Toyota cars.
NIHON MINKA-EN
The Japan open-air folk House Museum was opened in 1967 in order to preserve for ever those houses which are now rapidly disappearing.
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
The ocean around Okinawa is well known worldwide for its beauty. In this aquarium in Okinawa, the conditions for the resident sea life are kept as close as possible to those in the ocean.
Kidzaniz Tokyo
"Kidzania," which is very popular in Mexico, opened in Toyosu, Tokyo this autumn. Kidzania is a place where children can try out and experience a wide range of jobs that they might want to do in future.
Sanrio Puroland
This is an indoor theme park where you can enjoy the world of the globally popular Hello Kitty and other popular Sanrio characters.
Asahiyama Zoo
This zoo was to be closed as visitors numbers had decreased, but staff remodeled the animal display methods so that the animals’ natural habitats could be seen more dynamically. Now, Asahiyama Zoo has become the most spotlighted zoo in Japan.
Tobu World Square
Tobu World Square is a Theme Park where you can enjoy the atmosphere of traveling around the world without leaving Japan. In order to preserve the images of world famous buildings, which are part of the precious world heritage of human civilization, more than 100 famous structures have been reproduced exquisitely at a 1:25 scale.
Otsuka Museum of Art
Japan's largest art museum has permanent display of masterpieces reproduced on ceramic board. This is where you can experience the museums of the world while in Japan! Approximately 1,000 works are being exhibited.
Iga Faction Ninja Museum
A museum built in the birthplace of the Iga Ninja faction. Guests will be guided by Kunoichi (a female ninja) into the ninja residence where many tricks lay hidden. In addition, there is a ninja experience hall and a ninja history hall where ninja history and documents are on display.
Lego Stadium
This is Japan's largest Lego block themed hall in which about 1.5 million pieces of Lego are being used. The exhibits include "Mini land area," original Lego recreations of famous structures in Japan such as Tokyo Tower and Yokohama Chinatown, and other creative Lego models such as a highly realistic Lego football stadium.
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
An open air museum in Koganei Park, Tokyo. Twenty seven houses built between the Edo period and the early Showa era have been moved, rebuilt, preserved, and are now on display.
Trick Art Gallery
A unique gallery that displays world famous pictures and sculptures in 3D. All exhibits and frames were drawn on the walls. The main features of this gallery are that visitors can take photos, touch and play with the exhibits.
NHK Studio Park
At NHK Broadcasting theme park, you can test your skills as an animation and drama voice actor and enjoy the feeling of being an announcer.
National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Do you love technology? Then head for the science museum where the newest breakthroughs are displayed for visitors to both see and touch. As well as hands-on exhibits there are many fascinating events and seminars.
Adachi Museum of Art
Japanese gardens and Japanese arts are competing with each other in this museum. The "Journal of Japanese Gardens," an American-Japanese garden magazine, selected this garden as the best in Japan for three consecutive years in the "Japanese garden ranking, 2005."
Roppongi Kaguwa
This is a show restaurant created in the style of a red-light establishment dating from the Meiji era. You can enjoy a show consisting of professional dancers and "New halfs" (beautiful men and transsexuals dressed in women's clothes), and an innovative entertainment show featuring acrobats and an action-filled stage performance.
Tenzan Tohji-kyo
Hakone, a scenic area near Mt. Fuji, is one of the most renowned hot spring resorts in Japan. Among the resorts in the area, Tenzan hot spring resort is one of the most famous hot springs suitable for one day visits.
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS MUSEUM TOKYO
This amusement museum lets adults and children enjoy, see, experience and learn the wonderful, bizarre and funny world records that are recognized as being No. 1 in the world. More than 300 items are on show, including life size figures, picture panels and films. These displays are the first in Asia.
