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Region travel guides

Meet a new place with Tabi. Discover sights, local food and a first walk.

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Your first visit to Okuwa

Okuwa is a village in Nagano’s Kiso area. Explore river scenery at Atera Valley or regional history at Joshoji in Suhara. The hero photograph shows Kumagafuchi on the Atera River in July 2026. Check current guidance and return transport rather than assuming identical water levels or access today.

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Your first visit to Oshika

Oshika is a village in Nagano. Explore geological history at the Median Tectonic Line Museum or local scenery at Onishi Park. Photographs date from 2008 and do not guarantee current scenery or operations. Check current roads, public access and return services for each.

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Your first visit to Saku

Saku is a city in Nagano. Explore local history at Tatsuoka Castle’s Goryokaku site or Hanazura Inari Shrine. The former Taguchi school within the castle closed in 2023, and the guidance center was renamed in 2026. Distinguish historical images from current access guidance and check transport separately.

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Your first visit to Tatsuno

Tatsuno is a town in Nagano, distinct from Tatsuno City in Hyogo. Start exploring at Kojinyama Park or Hotaru Doyo Park. Photographs show historical park and entrance views, rather than a promise of current blossoms or fireflies. Check paths, events and return services.

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Your first visit to Tenryu

Tenryu is a village in Nagano, distinct from Hamamatsu’s Tenryu Ward. Learn about riverside scenery at Hiraoka Dam and the Okiyome no Yu bathing facility. The hero image shows the dam in 2007, rather than the bathing facility. Check current access, public areas and return services separately.

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Your first visit to Toyooka

Toyooka is a village in Nagano, distinct from Toyooka City in Hyogo. Start with Minamishinshu Toyooka Marche or Fukushima Teppen Park. Images show the marche in 2021, the park in 2016 and matsutake in 2014. Check current sales, public access and return transport for each destination.

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Your first visit to Yamanouchi

Yamanouchi is a town in Nagano. Explore macaque observation at Jigokudani Yaen-Koen and the streetscape of Shibu Onsen. Photographs show a macaque in 2014 and the onsen streets in 2024. They do not promise monkeys or bathing scenes on every visit. Check current access, operations and return services.

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Your first visit to Nagasaki

Nagasaki is a port city in Nagasaki Prefecture. Glover Garden and Dejima introduce different aspects of international exchange through its port. Distinguish historic buildings from reconstructed facilities and begin with one stop.

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Your first visit to Shimabara

Shimabara is a city on the eastern side of Nagasaki’s Shimabara Peninsula, distinct from Minamishimabara. Explore local history at Shimabara Castle and a spring-fed garden at Shimeiso. Check current access separately.

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Your first visit to Kawakami

Kawakami is a village in Nara’s Yoshino District, distinct from its namesake in Nagano. Learn about forests, water and local nature at Mori to Mizu no Genryukan or Seirei Falls. Check facility and path access separately.

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Your first visit to Oji

Oji is a town in Nara. Explore local history at Darumaji or views from Mount Myojin. Views depend on weather; Horyuji in neighboring Ikaruga is not presented as a stop within Oji.

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Your first visit to Sakurai

Sakurai is a city in Nara. Omiwa Shrine and Hasedera offer different religious spaces and local history. Distinguish this Hasedera from the namesake temple in Kamakura and check access and transport separately.

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Your first visit to Sango

Sango is a town in Nara’s Ikoma District. Explore religious and transport history at Tatsuta Taisha and the town’s section of the ancient Tatsuta Road. Distinguish the shrine from Tatsuta Jinja in Ikaruga; the full road extends beyond Sango.

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Your first visit to Takatori

Takatori is a town in Nara’s Takaichi District. Explore a mountain-castle site and a temple at Takatori Castle Ruins and Tsubosakadera. The castle photograph shows stone walls rather than a surviving keep. Check mountain paths and temple access separately.

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Your first visit to Yamatotakada

Yamatotakada is a city in Nara. Explore local religious traditions at Tenjinsha in Sanwacho and river scenery around Takada Senbonzakura. Its reputation for spring cherry blossoms does not imply flowers are blooming now.

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Your first visit to Yoshino

Yoshino is a town in Nara’s Yoshino District. Explore mountain religious traditions and local history at Kinpusenji and Yoshimizu Shrine. This guide does not cover the entire district or neighboring villages. Check slopes and current access guidance.

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Your first visit to Heguri

Heguri is a town in Nara’s Ikoma District. Explore religious traditions at Shigisan Chogosonshiji and regional produce at Yamatoji Heguri Roadside Station. A shared mountain name does not make it the same administrative area as neighboring Sango. Check access separately.

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Your first visit to Higashiyoshino

Higashiyoshino is a village in Nara’s Yoshino District. Explore traditions around water at Niukawakami Shrine Nakasha and river scenery at Yumebuchi. Distinguish the village from Yoshino Town and this shrine from other Niukawakami shrines in Kawakami. Check mountain-area access and return transport first.

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Your first visit to Ikaruga

Ikaruga is a town in Nara’s Ikoma District. Horyuji and Hokiji introduce historic Buddhist architecture and local history. They are separate destinations in a municipality distinct from neighboring Oji and Sango. Check current access and transport for each.

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Your first visit to Ikoma

Ikoma is a city in Nara. Explore mountain religious traditions at Hozanji and recreation at Ikoma Sanjo Amusement Park. The wider mountain area extends into Osaka, while both facilities in this guide are in Ikoma City. Check access and current operations separately.

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