Famous Landmarks in Japan

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Famous Landmarks in Tokyo

A capital rebuilt in steel and brick after fire and bombing, not preserved intact.

  • Tokyo Tower
  • Senso-ji
  • Tokyo Station
  • Imperial Palace
  • National Diet Building
  • Dome
  • Zōjō-ji
  • Ueno Park
  • Yasukuni Shrine
  • Nippon Budokan
  • Ueno Tōshō-gū
  • International Forum
  • Imperial Palace East Garden
  • Kanda Shrine
  • Kabuki-za
  • Toranomon Hills
  • Edo-Tokyo Museum
  • National Museum of Nature and Science
  • National Museum of Modern Art
  • Yushima Seidō
  • Yushima Tenmangū
  • Shinobazu Pond
  • Ginza Six

All 23 landmarks in Tokyo

Famous Landmarks in Osaka

A castle from Japan's unification wars, a sixth-century temple, a 1955 steel tower.

  • Osaka Castle
  • Tsutenkaku
  • Shitenno-ji
  • Universal Studios Japan
  • Dōtonbori
  • Umeda Sky Building
  • Sumiyoshi-taisha
  • Abeno Harukas
  • Aquarium Kaiyukan
  • Gate Tower Building
  • Tempozan Ferris Wheel
  • HEP
  • Prefectural Government Sakishima Building
  • Shinsekai
  • Tennōji Zoo
  • Isshin-ji
  • National Museum of Art
  • Tezukayama Kofun
  • Kyocera Dome
  • Museum of History
  • National Bunraku Theatre
  • Museum of Oriental Ceramics
  • Prefectural Nakanoshima Library
  • Minato Bridge

All 24 landmarks in Osaka

Famous Landmarks in Chiba

A 12th-century shrine, a 1960s castle replica and a 1980s tower — little here is original.

  • Chiba Port Tower
  • Chiba Castle
  • Chiba Shrine
  • Chiba-dera
  • Inohana Castle
  • Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art
  • Zozo Marine Stadium
  • Towatari Shrine
  • Fukuda Denshi Arena

All 9 landmarks in Chiba

Famous Landmarks in Fukuoka

A port city where a 757 shrine, a 1607 castle and a 1989 broadcast tower mark three eras.

  • Fukuoka Tower
  • Fukuoka Castle
  • Kushida Shrine
  • Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka
  • Canal City Hakata
  • Ōhori Park
  • Hakozaki Shrine
  • Sumiyoshi Shrine (Fukuoka)
  • Tōchō-ji
  • Shōfuku-ji (Fukuoka)
  • Jōten-ji
  • Sōfuku-ji (Fukuoka)
  • Our Lady of Victory Cathedral, Fukuoka
  • Fukuoka Art Museum
  • Fukuoka Mosque
  • Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden
  • Genkō Bōrui
  • Fukuoka Convention Center

All 18 landmarks in Fukuoka