The Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center building, located in Ginza 8-chome, Chuo Ward, Tokyo. It houses the Tokyo branch offices of Shizuoka Shimbun and Shizuoka Broadcasting. In addition, the Tokyo branch offices of Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun and Yamanashi Broadcasting are located...
Shimabara Castle (島原城) is located in Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture, at the foot of Mount Unzen, facing Ariake Bay.
It was built over a seven-year period (1618–1624) by order of Matsukura Shigemasa (1574–1630), a powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period and...
Dazaifu Tenmangu (太宰府天満宮) is a Shinto shrine in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, about 15 kilometers southeast of the prefectural capital, Fukuoka.
It has a history of more than 1,100 years and is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), a scholar, poet, and...
Just a few minutes from the iconic Tokyo view spot near Ochanomizu Station stands a historic temple dedicated to Confucius, Yushima Seido (湯島聖堂). Established in 1690 during the Edo period by Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the fifth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the...
Jokeiji (浄慶寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo sect, located on a small hill in the Kamiasao neighborhood of Asao-ku, Kawasaki. It was founded in 1615. The temple is known as the Kakio Hydrangea Temple because about 1,000 hydrangeas bloom...
Zenpuku-ji (善福寺), also known as Azabu-san (麻布山), is a Buddhist temple located in the Moto-Azabu area of Minato, Tokyo. It was founded in 824 during the Heian period (794–1185) and is considered one of the oldest temples in Tokyo. The temple...
