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Town↕ | Prefecture↕ | Population↕ | Famous For↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shirakawa-go | Gifu | 1,555 | Gassho-zukuri thatched houses | UNESCO World Heritage, steeply pitched roofs for snow, 250+ year old farmhouses, winter light-up festival |
Takayama | Gifu | 85,283 | Sanmachi Suji old town | Little Kyoto of Hida, morning markets, spring and autumn festivals with elaborate floats, sake breweries |
Kanazawa | Ishikawa | 463,254 | Kenrokuen garden, Higashi Chaya | One of Japan's top three gardens, preserved geisha district, samurai Nagamachi district, gold leaf capital |
Kurashiki | Okayama | 474,592 | Bikan historical quarter | White-walled merchant warehouses along canals, willow-lined waterways, Ohara Museum first Western art in Japan |
Kyoto | Kyoto | 1,475,183 | Thousand temples, Gion geisha | Former imperial capital 1000+ years, 17 UNESCO sites, Fushimi Inari gates, Arashiyama bamboo, cherry blossoms |
Nara | Nara | 354,630 | Todai-ji Great Buddha, sacred deer | First permanent capital 710, free-roaming deer, world's largest bronze Buddha statue, Kasuga Shrine lanterns |
Hagi | Yamaguchi | 47,417 | Samurai castle town | Preserved Edo period streets, Meiji Restoration birthplace, Hagi pottery, Shoin Shrine, walled samurai houses |
Tsumago | Nagano | 1,737 | Post town on Nakasendo | No visible power lines, banned cars during day, preserved Edo post station, Magome walking trail connection |
Magome | Gifu | 500 | Stone-paved mountain post town | Steep sloped main street, Nakasendo ancient highway, hike to Tsumago, Shimazaki Toson birthplace |
Ouchi-juku | Fukushima | 100 | Thatched post town | Aizu region, straw-thatched roof houses line single street, negi soba eaten with leek as chopstick |
Ine | Kyoto | 1,935 | Funaya boat houses | 230 wooden boat houses built over water, Venice of Japan, fishing village, Sea of Japan coast |
Uji | Kyoto | 179,565 | Byodoin temple, matcha tea | Image on 10 yen coin, Tale of Genji setting, Japan's finest green tea, Phoenix Hall reflection pond |
Kakunodate | Akita | 13,000 | Samurai district, weeping cherries | Little Kyoto of Michinoku, 400-year-old samurai homes, 162 weeping cherry trees, preserved Edo town plan |
Kawagoe | Saitama | 354,071 | Edo-period kurazukuri warehouses | Little Edo near Tokyo, Candy Alley, Bell of Time, clay-walled storehouses, easy day trip |
Himeji | Hyogo | 533,952 | White Heron Castle | Most beautiful and best preserved Japanese castle, UNESCO, never destroyed by war or earthquake |
Iwami Ginzan | Shimane | 400 | Silver mining UNESCO site | World's largest silver mine in 1600s, preserved Omori town, eco-friendly forest mining, less-visited gem |
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