Major tourist destinations

Hokkaidō

• Niseko Ski Resort
• Shiretoko Peninsula (WHL)
• Teshikaga - Lake Mashū, Lake Kussharo
• Tōya Caldera and Mount Usu Geopark
• Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group
• Hakodate
• Otaru

[edit]Tōhoku region

• Shirakami-Sanchi (WHL)
• Mount Osore
• Lake Towada
• Hirosaki - Hirosaki Castle, Nakacho Samurai District
• Hiraizumi - Chūson-ji, Mōtsū-ji, Kanjizaiō-in, Takkoku-no-Iwaya
• Semboku - Kakunodate Samurai District, Lake Tazawa, Nyuto Onsen
• Yamagata - Yama-dera Temple, Zaō Onsen
• Matsushima

[edit]Kantō region

• Nikkō - Shrines and Temples of Nikkō (WHL), Kegon Falls
• Tokyo - Imperial Palace, Asakusa, Akihabara, Ginza, Harajuku/Omotesando, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Tsukiji Fish Market
• Tokyo Disney Resort
• Kamakura - Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, Kōtoku-in, Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Meigetsu-in, Hase-dera
• Kusatsu Onsen
• Hakone Onsen

[edit]Chūbu region

• Mount Fuji
• Japanese Alps -Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route(Mount Tate), Hida Mountains, Kiso Mountains, Akaishi Mountains
• Shiga Kōgen
• Kamikōchi
• Matsumoto - Matsumoto Castle, Mount Hotaka
• Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama (WHL)
• Takayama - Sanmachi Traditional Street, Ōshinmachi Traditional Street, Higashiyama Temple Area
• Kanazawa - Kenroku-en Garden, Kanazawa Castle, Higashi Geisha District, Nagamachi Samurai District
• Sakai - Tōjinbō, Maruoka Castle
• Nagoya - Nagoya Castle, Atsuta Shrine, Sakae, Nagoya Station (Meieki), Ōsu Kannon temple

[edit]Kansai region

• Kyoto - Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Ryōan-ji, Sanjūsangen-dō, etc., they are parts of Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto(WHL)
• Uji - Byōdō-in and Ujigami Shrine (WHL), Relation of The Tale of Genji
• Ōtsu - Lake Biwa, Hiyoshi Taisha, Sakamoto Temple District, Mount Hiei, Enryaku-ji (WHL)
• Ōmihachiman - Traditional Riverside District
• Nara - Tōdai-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Yakushi-ji, Heijō Palace, Kasuga-taisha and Nara Park, etc., they are parts of Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (WHL)
• Ikaruga - Hōryū-ji and Hōki-ji are Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area (WHL).
• Yoshino (Mount Yoshino) - Kimpusen-ji, Yoshimizu Shrine, Yoshino Mikumari Shrine, etc., they are parts of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (WHL)
• Shingū - Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Kumano River (WHL)
• Nachikatsuura - Nachi Falls, Kumano Kodō, etc., they are parts of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range(WHL)
• Mount Kōya - Kongōbu-ji (WHL)
• Osaka - Osaka Castle, Umeda, Namba, Dōtonbori, Shinsekai, Shitennō-ji, Universal Studios Japan
• Himeji - Engyō-ji, Koko-en Garden, and Himeji Castle (WHL)
• Kobe - Port of Kobe, Rokkō Mountains, Kitano-chō, Arima Onsen, Kobe Luminarie
• Toyooka - Sanin Kaigan National Park (San'in Coast Geopark), Izushi, Kinosaki Onsen

[edit]Chūgoku region

• Hiroshima Prefecture - Atomic Bomb Dome (WHL), Itsukushima Shrine (WHL), Onomichi, Tomonoura
• Okayama Prefecture - Kurashiki, Kōrakuen Garden, Okayama Castle
• Tottori Prefecture - Tottori Sand Dunes, Mount Daisen, Mount Hyōno
• Shimane Prefecture - Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine (WHL), Izumo-taisha, Matsue Castle, Oki Islands, Tsuwano
• Yamaguchi Prefecture - Hagi

[edit]Shikoku

• Shikoku Pilgrimage ( Zentsū-ji, Motoyama-ji, etc.)
• Ehime Prefecture - Dōgo Onsen, Matsuyama Castle
• Kagawa Prefecture - Kotohira-gū Shrine, Ritsurin Garden, Shōdo Island, Naoshima Island
• Tokushima Prefecture - Naruto whirlpools, Awa Dance Festival in Tokushima
• Kōchi Prefecture - Kochi Castle, Cape Muroto (Muroto Geopark), Cape Ashizuri

[edit]Kyūshū and Okinawa

• Fukuoka Prefecture - Mojiko Retro Town, Kokura Castle
• Nagasaki Prefecture - Ōura Church, Higashi-Yamate, Minami-Yamate
• Kagoshima Prefecture - Yakushima (WHL), Sakurajima, Amami Ōshima
• Okinawa Prefecture - Shuri Castle, Nakagusuku Castle, Nakijin Castle etc., they are parts of Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (WHL), Ishigaki Island, Miyako Island, Iriomote Island, Traditional Ryukyuan Houses in Taketomi Island