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Ibaraki by the Sea: Oarai's Wave-Washed Torii & the Kashima Shrine — 2 Days
A night on the Oarai shore, a dawn at the wave-washed sea torii, then the ancient cedar forest of Kashima Jingu and the iris waterways of Itako
First-Time Ibaraki: Mito's Plum Garden & the Great Coast — 2 Days
Mito's Three-Great-Gardens plum park and Edo academy, then the flower hills, fish market and ocean tanks of the Pacific coast
Inland Hyogo: The Pottery Town of Tamba-Sasayama, Black-Bean Country & the 'Castle in the Sky' at Takeda — 2 Days
A day in the castle town of Tamba-Sasayama — the reconstructed Oshoin hall, the black-gabled Kawaramachi merchant street, a black-soybean lunch and the Tamba-ware pottery village of Tachikui, with a night in a dispersed heritage hotel — then the 'castle in the sky' at Takeda and the Ikuno Silver Mine in the Asago hills
Awaji Island: Tadao Ando's Architecture, Island Flower Fields, the Birthplace Shrine of Japan & the Naruto Whirlpools — 2 Days
Across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge to Awaji — Tadao Ando's Yumebutai and its hundred-stepped garden, the sea-facing flower terraces of Hanasajiki, a night at the Ando-designed Grand Nikko resort — then the creation-myth shrine of Izanagi and the Naruto whirlpools off the island's southern tip
Kinosaki Onsen & the Tajima Coast: Seven Hot-Spring Baths, the Soba Town of Izushi & the Basalt Caves of Genbudo — 2 Days
An evening in Kinosaki Onsen — the willow canal in yukata, a soak in one of the seven public baths, the ropeway to Onsenji and a night in a heritage ryokan — then the basalt caves of Genbudo and the soba castle-town of Izushi in the Tajima hills
Himeji & Western Harima: Japan's Greatest Castle, the Mountain Temple of Engyo-ji & the 47 Ronin of Ako — 2 Days
A full first day at Himeji Castle and the Koko-en garden, an anago-eel lunch and the mountaintop temple of Engyo-ji on Mount Shosha — then west into old Harima for the soy-sauce town of Tatsuno and the 47-ronin castle town of Ako
First-Time Hyogo: Kobe's Port City, Kitano Mansions, Kobe Beef & the Gold Springs of Arima Onsen — 2 Days
A day in Kobe — the Kitano foreign mansions, a Kobe-beef teppanyaki lunch, the Nunobiki herb-garden ropeway, the Nada sake breweries and the harbour Port Tower — then up Mount Rokko and down into Arima Onsen for the gold springs and a historic ryokan
Shima Onsen: A Quiet Second-Trip Retreat — Gunma, 2 Days
The historic wooden inns, free riverside bath and cafés of Shima Onsen, then the cobalt 'Shima Blue' of Okushima Lake and a forest waterfall walk
Tomioka Silk, Takasaki Daruma & Konnyaku Country: A Craft Two Days — Gunma
The UNESCO Tomioka Silk Mill and a konnyaku factory tour, then the daruma birthplace temple, a doll-painting workshop, Takasaki's great white Kannon and the city's famous pasta
Minakami Adventure: Tone-River Rafting, Tanigawa-dake & a Riverside Onsen — Gunma, 2 Days
White-water rafting on the upper Tone and a riverside open-air onsen, then the Tanigawa-dake ropeway, the underground 'mole station' of Doai and a bowl of Minakami soba
Ikaho, Mizusawa & the Haruna Highlands: A Heritage Two Days — Gunma
Ikaho's stone-step spa town and the pilgrimage temple and udon of Mizusawa, then the restored shrine, caldera lake and ropeway of Mount Haruna
First-Time Gunma: Kusatsu's Hot-Water Field & the Tsumagoi Highlands — 2 Days
Kusatsu's steaming Yubatake, the yumomi water-paddling show and open-air baths, then the lava field, cabbage highlands and blue dam-lake of Tsumagoi
Quiet Hida: Furukawa's Canals & Takayama's Folk Crafts — 2 Days
The Hida the crowds skip
Water Towns of Gifu: Gujo Hachiman, Mino & Yoro Falls — 2 Days
Spring water, paper and a 400-year dance
Gifu City: Cormorant Fishing & the Blades of Seki — 2 Days
Torchlit fishing, then 700 years of steel
Gero Onsen Retreat: One of Japan's Top Three Hot Springs — 2 Days
Slow down into the beauty bath
First-Time Hida: Takayama's Old Town & Shirakawa-go — 3 Days
The old town in a day, then the thatched valley
Fukushima in Bloom: A Volcano Skyline, Hillside Blossom & the Onsen Towns of Nakadori — 2 Days
A seasonal volcano skyline, the flowering hillside of Hanamiyama and a night in Iizaka Onsen, then Adatara, the castle town and a thousand-year cherry
The Tadami Line & the Thatched South: Ouchi-juku, To-no-Hetsuri & Japan's Most Beautiful Railway — 2 Days
A thatched country station, the To-no-Hetsuri cliffs and the Ouchi-juku post town, then the Tadami Line's famous river-bridge viewpoint
Bandai's Blasted Highland: The Five Coloured Ponds & Lake Inawashiro — 2 Days
The colour-shifting Goshikinuma ponds and Lake Hibara, a night under Mount Bandai, then the imperial villa and lakeshore of Inawashiro
Aizu by the Glass: Sake Cellars, Lacquer & Kitakata Ramen Country — 2 Days
Two Aizu-Wakamatsu sake cellars and a gold-lacquer workshop, then Kitakata's storehouse streets and its breakfast ramen
Samurai Aizu: The Red-Roofed Castle, the Byakkotai Hill & a Cultural-Property Ryokan — 2 Days
The red-roofed keep of Tsurugajo, the Byakkotai hill and the double-helix Sazaedo, then a night in a cultural-property ryokan
Southern Fukuoka: Yanagawa Canals, Yame Tea & Koishiwara Pottery — 2 Days
Water, tea and clay
Kitakyushu: Mojiko Retro, the Kanmon Strait & Kokura — 2 Days
Port-era grandeur and a strait you can walk under
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