「Cultural assets/historic sites」Tourist Attractions
EDO WONDERLAND
EDO WONDERLAND Nikko Edo Village is a cultural park where you can experience the culture of the Edo period firsthand. The expansive grounds feature meticulously recreated to...
Oya History Museum
The Otani Museum is a place where you can learn about the history of the extraction of Otani stone. The exhibition hall showcases tools and mining methods from the hand-mini...
Northern Culture Museum
The Northern Culture Museum preserves and opens to the public the former grand residence of the Ito family, one of the most affluent farming families in Niigata. The approxi...
Sado Gold Mine
Sado Gold Mine is a historical site that boasts a 400-year history as Japan's largest gold and silver mine. It was opened in 1601, and during the Edo period, it was a direct...
Tsumagoshuku
Tsumago-juku is a post town located in Nagano Prefecture along the Nakasendo, and it is the 42nd of the 69 stations connecting Edo and Kyoto. With Ise Mountain to the west a...
The Nomura Family Samurai House
The "Nomura Family Samurai Residence," the only publicly accessible samurai house at the Nagamachi Samurai District, is an attraction featuring an esteemed samurai residence...
World Heritage Ainu Village of Traditional Housebuilding
The World Heritage Site "Aikura Gassho-zukuri Village" is a beautiful place that preserves Japan's original scenery. It features gassho-zukuri buildings that date back appro...
Ichijo-dani Asakura Site
The Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins is a valuable archaeological site where the remains of the castle town ruled by the Asakura clan during the Sengoku period have been excava...
Takayama Shrine
Takayama Jinya is a location where the governors and officials of the Edo period conducted their administration, and the term "Jinya" refers collectively to the offices, the...
Hida Takayama Old Town
The "Old Town" of Hida Takayama consists of three main streets that developed as a merchant town and served as the center of a castle town. Under the eaves lined with lattic...
Hida no Sato
Hida no Sato is an open-air museum featuring over 30 traditional gassho-zukuri houses that have withstood heavy snowfall, representing Hida's architectural heritage. Each ho...
