Landmarks in Japan

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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

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

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

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