Izu Oshima, Tokyo Habu port (minato) is a small port town on the southeastern coast of Izu Oshima. It was built around 200 years ago, and its quaint streets and gorgeous ocean views offer you a chance to step back in time. Officially opened in 1800 after extensive excavation of rocks, the port flourished as a sheltered, natural harbor and fishing hub until the mid-1900s, later becoming a famous tourist spot. This small village was the inspiration for Yasunari Kawabata's novel

Shimoda, Shizuoka Ryosenji was the site of historic talks between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate in the mid-nineteenth century. The talks were part of larger negotiations which effectively ended Japan's policy of national seclusion, or sakoku. The talks at Ryosenji led to the Shimoda Treaty and were conducted between Commodore Perry and Hayashi Daigaku, the shogunate's chief negotiator. History remebers Hayashi as a skillful negotiator who concluded treaties wit

Shimoda, Shizuoka Perry Road in Shimoda is a historic, charming walkway along the Hiraname River, famous as the path taken by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854 to negotiate treaty terms . This stone-paved, willow-lined street is now lined with cafes, restaurants, and antique shops. About 400-500 meters long.

Shimoda, Shizuoka Shimoda has historical importance as the landing place of several of Commodore Perry 's "black ships" in 1854, an event which led to the end of Japan's era of isolation .

Hokkaido The Akanko Ainu Kotan is one of the largest Ainu kotan (settlements) in Hokkaido, inhabited by about 120 people. It is a place where Ainu culture is shared through the experience of interacting, making, eating, inheriting, unleashing and living with nature, based on the Ainu belief that souls reside in all things.

Yakushima, Kagoshima Taking a side road off the path leading to Shiratani Unsuikyo Gorge, you'll find yourself in a sacred place: Ushidoko Shrine. Every spring and autumn, a pilgrimage to Mount Miyanoura takes place, and in the past, because women were forbidden from participating, the women of the village would greet the men returning from the pilgrimage at Ushidoko Shrine. The two moss-covered Nio statues (guardian deities) are designated as historical sites by Yakushima

Hakodate, Hokkaido The Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse is a commercial complex consisting of four facilities, which were built after renovating an old red brick warehouse built in 1909.

Hokkaido, Hakodate 2/1/2024 Fort Goryokaku (五稜郭, Goryōkaku) is a massive, star-shaped, Western-style citadel, which was built in the last years of the Edo Period (1603-1868) for the defense of Hakodate against the imperialist threat posed by the Western powers. A few years later, the fort became the site of a civil war between an army of the shogunate and the superior troops of the newly established Meiji government . After the fort had lost its military importance, it was

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