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Best places to visit in Japan
Japan has 218 places on BucketList (100 museums, 44 historical sites, 38 landmarks). These are the 24 most popular. Rate the ones you have been to, and save the rest to your bucket list.
Top places in Japan
- TokyoCityCapital and largest city of Japan
- KyotoCityCity in the Kyลto Prefecture, Japan
- OsakaCityDesignated city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Mount FujiNatural SiteVolcano in Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures, Japan
- Mode Gakuen Cocoon TowerLandmarkBuilding in Tokyo, Japan
- Himeji CastleHistorical SiteJapanese castle complex
- Itsukushima ShrineHistorical SiteShinto shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
- Tokyo TowerLandmarkTower in Tokyo, Japan
- Abeno HarukasLandmarkSkyscraper in Osaka
- YakushimaNatural SiteIsland in Kagoshima, Japan
- Kinkaku-ji TempleLandmarkZen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
- Shirakami-SanchiNatural SiteUNESCO World Heritage Site in Japan
- Liancourt RocksNatural SiteIslands that has two main island made out of rocks between Japan and Korea
- Mount OntakeNatural SiteMountain in Nagano and Gifu Prefectures, Japan
- Fushimi Inari-taishaLandmarkShinto shrines in Kyoto, Japan
- Historic Monuments of Ancient KyotoHistorical SiteWorld Heritage Site
- Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gล and GokayamaHistorical SiteWorld Heritage Site in Japan
- Shuri CastleLandmarkRyukyuan gusuku castle
- Edo CastleHistorical SiteCastle in Tokyo, Japan
- Mount HieiNatural SiteMountain in Kyลto, Kyลto prefefecture and ลtsu, Shiga Prefectures, Japan
- Iwami Ginzan Silver MineHistorical SiteMine
- ArashiyamaNatural SiteHuman settlement in Japan
- Historic Monuments of Ancient NaraHistorical SiteComplex of eight historical sites in Nara, Japan
- Yokohama Landmark TowerLandmarkCommercial complex and skyscraper in Yokohama, Japan
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