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This facility brings together 11 types of traditional kokeshi dolls, which have been made mainly in the Tohoku region since the late Edo period. It is said that kokeshi dolls were first created when woodworkers who made bowls and other items began making wooden dolls with painted faces and patterns as souvenirs for children to sell to visitors to hot springs. The charm of kokeshi dolls, infused with new life into inherited designs, continues to captivate visitors.
You can spend a lot of time just looking at the exhibits at museums and art galleries, but why not take part in the exhibitions and events held at various locations? Its charm is overwhelming, and some fans say they have fallen in love with museums and art galleries because of the special exhibitions. It is also refreshing to visit local shrines and temples and admire the Buddhist statues and gardens. There are some temples where you can experience meditation, sutra copying, etc., so why not knock on the gate and try a little spiritual training?
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Studio Suzusan
Nestled within the historic streetscape of the Edo period, the traditional townhouse "Studio Suzusan" offers four hands-on courses that introduce the beauty and craftsmanship of "Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori," Nagoya’s renowned traditional textile art. Original pieces created during the workshop can be taken home on the same day, making the experience ideal for memorable travel keepsakes. The directly operated stores "suzusan" and "TETOF 1608" also offer a selection of Shibori items for purchase.
薫寿堂
"Kunjudo" is an incense manufacturer located on Awaji Island in Hyogo. Since its founding in 1893, the company has continued to develop and manufacture better products that are in line with the times, based on the techniques it has cultivated over the past 130 years. At the showroom, you can purchase incense sticks, incense sticks, and scented goods such as fragrance sheets. The incense-making experience allows you to easily create your own original incense, and is fun for both children and adults
飛騨高山まちの体験交流館
Just a 14-minute walk from JR Takayama Station, the "Hida Takayama Town Experience Exchange Center" invites visitors into a beautifully preserved historic building. Inside, artisans demonstrate traditional crafts, and guests can try hands-on workshops inspired by the culture of Takayama, Gifu. Its convenient location makes it an easy stop during a stroll around town. With a wide variety of activities—many open to walk-in participants—it’s a fun way for both adults and children to experience Hida’s living traditions and create lasting memories.
ホテルサンバレー那須
This hot spring resort is dotted with nine accommodations, each with its own unique atmosphere, across the vast grounds of the Nasu Highlands. Boasting a variety of hot springs surrounded by nature, it offers a hot spring zone called "Yuyu Tengoku," where day-trip bathing is allowed. There are 18 types of outdoor hot spring pools in the summer, cave baths, power baths, and more, offering fun activities for both children and adults. The recommended dining option is the buffet, which showcases three types of seasonal ingredients: Japanese, Western, and Chinese. The chef’s carefully crafted cuisine offers exquisite flavors. Within the facility lies an art museum, and the hotel itself features a remarkable collection of approximately 3,600 artworks, making it a true highlight. Refresh your mind while taking in the seasonal landscapes with family and friends.
川奈ステンドグラス美術館
The "Kawana Stained Glass Museum", located in Izu Highlands, Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, exhibits stained glass from the 19th century and the present day. The interior of the chapel-like museum, with sunlight filtering through the stained glass, creates a fantastical space, almost like a jewel box. Inside the building, reminiscent of an English manor house, you will be captivated by the many antique stained glass pieces.
海上自衛隊呉史料館 てつのくじら館
The museum is one of Japan's leading museums, located just a 5-minute walk from JR Kure Station. The highlight is the real submarine "Akishio" used by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, exhibited outdoors. You can explore the inside and enjoy the view of Kure Bay through a periscope in the command center. The museum also features various exhibits on minesweeping activities and submarines, along with a shop selling JMSDF goods and a café.
自遊花人水引ミュージアム
At the Jiyukajin Mizuhiki Museum in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, you can enjoy a variety of works, including original Mizuhiki "Shiki no Ito" lampshades made in 200 colors that transport you to a fantastical space. In the gallery on the 3rd floor of the adjoining store, there is a hands-on class where you can learn how to make mizuhiki in about 30 minutes by a mizuhiki craftsman, and there is also a display and sale of mizuhiki interior goods and accessories. Yuriko Hirose, a mizuhiki artist who won the Kanazawa City Cultural Activities Award, is spreading the word about modern mizuhiki. Recommended for making memories of your trip to Kanazawa.
アガペ大鶴美術館
This art museum is located about 18 minutes by car from Arima Onsen in Kobe, Hyogo. With the aim of "healing the soul and bringing hope and comfort through art," the museum has a permanent exhibition of about 500 pieces, including ivory carvings, Chinese art, and bronze ware. A new wing opened in November 2024, and it has about 350 lithographs by artist Marc Chagall.
山田養蜂場 お菓子工房 ぶんぶんファクトリー
"Yamada Bee Farm Bun Bun Factory" is located in Kagamino, Tomata District, Okayama Prefecture. This facility offers sweets, gelato, drinks, cosmetics, and health products made with honey from Yamada Bee Farm. Visitors can also relax in the on-site café while enjoying the treats they've purchased. It is an ideal spot for souvenir shopping and a pleasant stop during sightseeing in Okayama.
能登演劇堂
The "Noto Theater Hall" is located approximately a 20-minute drive from the Wakura Onsen public bath in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Established through the long-standing collaboration between actor Tatsuya Nakadai’s troupe "Mumeijuku" and Nakajima Town in Nanao City, the theater has become a hub for community-based “theater town development,” hosting a wide range of performances and events throughout the year. One of its most distinctive features is the large stage doors that can be opened to incorporate the natural outdoor scenery into the performance, making it a truly rare venue on a global scale.
道の駅 たけはら
"Roadside Station Takehara" is located approximately an 8-minute walk from JR Takehara Station, in a town overlooking the Seto Inland Sea and filled with traditional atmosphere.The "Specialty and Direct-from-the-Farm" corner offers a wide selection of freshly picked local vegetables and fruits, along with a variety of specialty products from Takehara. The "Tourist Information" corner is also well-stocked with souvenirs, including local sake and bamboo crafts. At the restaurant on the premises, you can enjoy local delicacies such as "Togeshita Beef" beef bowls, udon noodles, and "Madai no Zuke don (red sea bream marinated bowl)". There is also a dog terrace, so you can enjoy it with your pet. It is a popular place for people to interact, both in the local area and as a tourist destination that is easy for anyone to use.
津軽こけし館
This facility brings together 11 types of traditional kokeshi dolls, which have been made mainly in the Tohoku region since the late Edo period. It is said that kokeshi dolls were first created when woodworkers who made bowls and other items began making wooden dolls with painted faces and patterns as souvenirs for children to sell to visitors to hot springs. The charm of kokeshi dolls, infused with new life into inherited designs, continues to captivate visitors.
和モダンN6北円山
"Japanese Modern N6 Kitamaruyama" is located about a 10-minute walk from Nishi-28-chome Station on the Sapporo Municipal Subway. This showroom displays and sells a wide variety of attractive traditional crafts that have been passed down for many years by craftsmen from across the country. You can leisurely admire the crafts and purchase products designed and manufactured by the facility. Visitors can also experience wearing a kimono, tour the showroom, and enjoy tea sweets and matcha in the tea room.
ベネックス恐竜博物館（長崎市恐竜博物館）
The Benex Dinosaur Museum, located in Nagasaki Mozaki Dinosaur Park, is Japan's third dinosaur-themed museum. It showcases over 180 specimens, including local fossil finds and a 13-meter-long Tyrannosaurus skeleton replica, all in a spacious area. Visitors of all ages can enjoy watching and touching exhibits, including fossils and realistic robotic dinosaurs. The "Open Lab" features an X-ray CT system and a cleaning room where fossils are extracted from rocks for closer examination.
大杉神社
Osugi Shrine, founded in 767 (the first year of Jingo Keiun) in Awa, Inashiki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is the main shrine of about 670 Osugi Shrines nationwide, and is also affectionately known as "Ambasama." Due to the luxurious decoration of the shrine building, it is called "Nikko Toshogu Shrine of Ibaraki". Known as the "Yumemusubi Daimyojin", there is no end to the number of people who receive prayers for such things as the safety of their families, warding off evil spirits, warding off all directions, warding off stars, and dream-tying (love and fulfillment of wishes). It is said that if you receive the "Dream Fulfillment Prayer" called "Shigoku Mairi" three times a year, in New Year's Day, May, and September, your dreams will become bigger. We recommend a "three-year prayer," in which this prayer is continued for three years.
長州苑
"Choshuen" is a popular tourist spot in Yamaguchi City, located in front of the "Rurikoji Temple Five-Storied Pagoda", a national treasure and one of Japan's three most famous pagodas. There is a souvenir shop offering a wide range of specialty products from Yamaguchi Prefecture, where you can try your hand at traditional crafts like doll painting and washi paper tapestries. Additionally, the store houses restaurants like "Kozan" and "5-En CAFE", which serve dishes made with local ingredients. Be sure to visit for a meal or some shopping during your sightseeing trip.
コニカミノルタプラネタリアTOKYO
Located inside the landmark Yurakucho Marion in central Tokyo, this planetarium offers relaxation and entertainment for mature guests. It features two domes: "DOME1," a multipurpose digital dome for immersive visual experiences, and "DOME2," a planetarium dome that projects an exquisitely lifelike night sky. Programs range from artist collaborations to soothing aromatherapy-based shows. A café and shop inspired by the stars and the cosmos are also available.
アトア átoa
"átoa," located about 3 minutes by car from the Kyobashi IC on the Hanshin Expressway, is a new type of urban aquarium that combines an aquarium and art. The zone, where a fantastic and original space spreads out, is equipped with symbolic aquariums shaped like the theme, including a glass-bottomed aquarium that makes you feel as if you are walking on water, and a spherical aquarium, among which there are mainly fish, reptiles, A variety of animals such as birds and mammals live there. Small-clawed otters and Humboldt penguins that swim gracefully in the water are popular with both children and adults. You can enjoy encounters with living creatures that make you feel as if you are stepping into a scene from a movie or stage play.
津軽伝承工芸館
This complex in Kuroishi City, Aomori Prefecture, showcases the traditional crafts and lifestyle culture of Tsugaru. Visitors can see demonstrations and try their hand at Tsugaru lacquerware, Tsugaru Kogin embroidery, and sakiori weaving. The facility also features a restaurant serving local cuisine, a foot bath, and a craft shop, making it a popular hub for tourism and community exchange. With a multi-purpose hall for events, it offers opportunities to experience Tsugaru culture throughout the day.
岡山県立美術館
The "Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art" collects and displays excellent artworks by artists with connections to the local area. In addition to showcasing domestic and international artistic activities through exhibitions and workshops, the museum features works by emerging artists expected to shape the future, providing new discoveries every visit. Exquisite artworks invite a deeper appreciation of beauty and a quiet immersion in cultural spirit.
二十四の瞳映画村
"Twenty-Four Eyes Movie Village", located on Shodoshima Island in Kagawa, is a facility that evokes the nostalgic Showa era. It is a theme park for Japanese film and literature, recreating the location set of the classic "Twenty-Four Eyes," once considered a national film. There are plenty of attractions, including galleries for Japanese films and art, a movie theater, souvenir shops, and the Tsuboi Sakae Literature Museum. There are also plenty of events, and in conjunction with the "Setouchi Triennale 2025," Daisuke Omi's "Yazaimon Tako" will be on display. At the cafe, it's also fun to chat over a nostalgic "School Lunch Set." The beautiful seaside view from the wooden school building makes it a must-visit.
