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Setouchi Yamaguchi for Families: The Kintaikyo Arches, Iwakuni's White Snakes, Yanai's Goldfish Lanterns & a Suo-Oshima Beach — 2 Days
The Kintaikyo bridge, an Iwakuni-zushi lunch, Kikko Park, the white snakes and the hilltop castle on day one, then Yanai's white-walled street and goldfish lanterns and a Suo-Oshima beach and aquarium on day two — two easy family days on the Seto Inland Sea
Akiyoshidai Karst & Yamaguchi City: Japan's Largest Cave, a National-Treasure Pagoda & a Sesshu Garden — 2 Days
Japan's largest limestone cave and the karst plateau of Akiyoshidai on day one, then the National-Treasure pagoda of Rurikoji, a kawara-soba lunch, the 'Ise of the West' and a Sesshu Zen garden on day two — two days from the karst underworld to the old capital
The Nagato Coast: Tsunoshima's Turquoise Bridge, the Cliff-Top Torii of Motonosumi & a Yumoto Hot-Spring Night — 2 Days
The Tsunoshima bridge and island lighthouse, the cape of Kawajiri and the cliff-top torii of Motonosumi on day one, then a sea-cave cruise off Omijima, a Senzaki seafood lunch and the Senjojiki clifftop on day two — two scenic days on the Nagato coast
Hagi Castle Town: Samurai Streets, Hagi-yaki Pottery & the Birthplace of the Meiji Restoration — 2 Days
The Shoin Shrine academy, a Hagi kappo lunch, the lantern-lined Mori graves of Tokoji and the Meirin learning centre on day one, then the castle ruins, the samurai quarter and a Hagi-yaki kiln on day two — two days in Yamaguchi's UNESCO castle town
First-Time Yamaguchi: Shimonoseki, the Kanmon Straits & the Fugu Capital of Japan — 2 Days
Karato Market sushi, Akama Shrine, the Kanmon undersea walk and a fugu dinner at Shunpanro on day one, then the Chofu castle town and Kozanji on day two — a first-timer's two days at the western tip of Honshu
Tsuruoka & Sakata: The Shonai Gastronomy Coast — 2 Days
A UNESCO gastronomy city and the world's best jellyfish aquarium, then a rice port of storehouses and a maiko teahouse
Zao: The Crater Lake, Summit Trails & Acid Springs — 2 Days
A ropeway to the summit ridge and two acid-spring baths, then a round crater lake and an alpine marsh
Dewa Sanzan Pilgrimage: The Three Mountains of Rebirth — 2 Days
Haguro's 2,446 stone steps and a thatched summit hall, then secret Yudono and the self-mummified monks
Ginzan Onsen & the Mogami River: A Taisho Hot-Spring Escape — 2 Days
A flat-bottomed boat down the Mogami, then a gas-lit Taisho hot-spring gorge
First-Time Yamagata: The Cliff Temple of Yamadera & the Castle City — 2 Days
The thousand-step cliff temple of Yamadera, then the moated castle city and a samurai onsen town
Soy Sauce & the Southern Cape: Yuasa to Kushimoto — 2 Days
Where soy sauce was born, and the wild southern tip of Honshu
Wakayama City & Kada Coast: Castle Town, Ramen & Island Forts — 2 Days
The Tokugawa castle town, its ramen and the island forts off Kada
Shirahama Onsen Coast: White Sand, Sea Cliffs & Ancient Baths — 2 Days
Japan's oldest hot-spring coast, white sand and sea cliffs
Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage: Nakahechi to the Three Grand Shrines — 3 Days
Walk the thousand-year imperial pilgrimage of the Kii mountains
Koyasan Temple-Stay: Okunoin, the Garan & a Night in a Monastery — 2 Days
Sleep inside a working monastery on Japan's holy mountain
Gokayama & Inami: UNESCO Gassho Villages, a Woodcarvers' Street & Handmade Paper — 2 Days
The woodcarvers' street and temple of Inami, the hand-paper mills of Gokayama, the historic Murakami house and a night in a gassho farmhouse minshuku at Ainokura, then the two UNESCO villages of Ainokura and Suganuma and the largest gassho house at Iwase-ke
Takaoka & Himi: A National-Treasure Zen Temple, 400-Year Metalcraft & the Tateyama-View Coast — 2 Days
Takaoka's National Treasure Zen temple Zuiryu-ji, its bronze Great Buddha and the copper-casting quarter of Kanayamachi, the Nousaku tin workshop, a night on the Himi coast, then the Tateyama-over-the-sea view at Amaharashi and a Himi seafood market lunch
Kurobe Gorge & Unazuki Onsen: A Torokko Train into the Ravine and a Riverside Hot Spring — 2 Days
An overnight at Unazuki Onsen with the Yamabiko Bridge promenade and a riverside ryokan soak, then the Kurobe Gorge torokko sightseeing train up the turquoise ravine to Nekomata — the confirmed 2026 route while the line beyond is under repair
The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route: Snow Walls, a 2,450m Plateau & Japan's Tallest Dam — 2 Days
From Tateyama Station up through beech forest to the 2,450m Murodo plateau, the Yuki-no-Otani snow corridor and Mikurigaike pond, a night high at Midagahara, then over Daikanbo to the great arc of Kurobe Dam
First-Time Toyama City: Glass Art, the Bay's White Shrimp & an Iwase Sake Town — 2 Days
Toyama Castle park and the Kengo Kuma glass museum with its Chihuly garden, a bay white-shrimp lunch and a canal cruise to Kansui Park, then the Kitamae merchant houses of Higashi-Iwase, the Masuizumi brewery and a 300-year trout-sushi maker
Inland Tottori: The Inaba Post Roads, the Ishitani Merchant House & Tottori's Folk Crafts — 2 Days
The Inaba-highway post town of Chizu-juku, the great Ishitani merchant house and the preserved townscape of Wakasa on day one, then Tottori City's folk-craft museum, the Takumi craft shop and a Tottori-beef lunch on day two — inland Tottori's quiet culture in two days
Manga Pilgrimage Tottori: Detective Conan Town, Lake Togo & the Yokai Road of Sakaiminato — 2 Days
Detective Conan's hometown of Hokuei and a night on Lake Togo in a lake-floating bath on day one, then Shigeru Mizuki's yokai street, his memorial museum and the Sakaiminato seafood market on day two — a manga-and-monsters family route along the Tottori coast
Mount Daisen: The Sacred Peak of the San'in, Daisen-ji Temple & the Western Tottori Coast — 2 Days
Daisen-ji temple, the stone approach to Ogamiyama's inner shrine and a highland chairlift on Mount Daisen on day one, a night in the seaside Kaike Onsen, then flower gardens and the Yonago castle-ruin view on day two — western Tottori's mountain and coast
Misasa Onsen, the Nageiredo Cliff Temple & the White Walls of Kurayoshi — 2 Days
The cliff-temple climb to Nageiredo on Mount Mitoku and an evening in Misasa Onsen's riverside baths on day one, then the white-walled storehouse town of Kurayoshi and its pear museum on day two — central Tottori's heritage in two days
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