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Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

Visitors do not have to pay an entrance fee for the island and are free to dine at the area’s restaurants, peruse its shops, and stroll through the grounds. However, tickets are required for the aquariums and amusement parks.With four themed aquariums, 16 attractions and lots of places to eat and shop, you can easily spend all day here at this amusement park. Don’t miss LIGHTIA, a show created by the strong bond between dolphins and humans, and the other night shows!

Experience & Activities Tokaido Koshu kaido KANAGAWA
Shonandai Cultural Center Children’s Museum

Shonandai Cultural Center Children’s Museum

The Shonandai Cultural Center is a large facility with unique buildings such as a large globe, a civic theater and children's hall, and a community center. The children's museum has an exhibition hall where children can learn hands-on while having fun playing with toys from around the world and ethnic musical instruments. We also offer a planetarium with live commentary, a “space theater” with realistic full-dome movies, and a workshop room where many workshops are held.

Culture & Arts Tokaido Koshu kaido KANAGAWA
KAMAYA ~Café du Reverbere~

KAMAYA ~Café du Reverbere~

KAMAYA ~Café du Reverbere~ is a café restaurant. Dishes made with Mae Nikko Wagyu and Nikko Pork, and homemade sweets using strawberries produced in Nikko are popular here. There are also halal and vegan dishes. Renovated from a bank, the restaurant is designed as a retro-style café terrace with street lamps. It is only a one minute-walk away from the Tobu-nikko station, which is the gateway to the Nikko area. The restaurant mainly uses hand-picked local ingredients, including yuba, a specialty in Nikko. Most dishes served here are gluten-free. The restaurant’s recommendations are “NIKKO Donburi,” a rice bowl topped with a generous amount of local Mae Nikko Wagyu roast beef, and “THE NIKKO Hamburger Steak Set Using Mae Nikko Wagyu and Nikko Pork.” Both are popular dishes served daily while quantities last.

Nikko kaido Oshu kaido TOCHIGI
Shonan Daira Hills(Komayama Park)

Shonan Daira Hills(Komayama Park)

Koraizan Park, which includes Shonandaira, is a scenic park bordering Hiratsuka City and Oiso Town, and consists of the "Shonandaira Zone" where visitors can enjoy spectacular views and the "Sengenzan Zone" where they can enjoy pure nature. The park has also been designated as one of the "50 Best Scenic Spots in Kanagawa," "50 Best Parks in Kanagawa," "100 Best Places for Flowers in Kanagawa," "100 Best Night Views," "Eight Views of Hiratsuka," and many others.

Nature & Views Tokaido Koshu kaido KANAGAWA
Migawari Fudoson Kawasaki Honzan

Migawari Fudoson Kawasaki Honzan

During the outbreak of an epidemic in Ebara-gun, Musashi Province, in the Genroku era (1688-1704), Yuten Shonin (a holy priest), who was on pilgrimage, taught the local people to revere Acala, a fierce Buddhist deity. Once they began to worship Acala the plague disappeared. Migawari Fudoson Temple began when one of its halls was built to enshrine Acala in order to give thanks for such a miracle. Nowadays, worshippers visit all year round in order to pray for traffic safety and to ward off evil. Visitors can also pray at the temple for family safety, business prosperity, academic success, and general good luck. The main temple is in Kawasaki City in Kanagawa Prefecture, with branches in Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Suginami City, Tokyo.

Temples & Shrines Tokaido Koshu kaido KANAGAWA
Miya Cycle Station in Utsunomiya

Miya Cycle Station in Utsunomiya

The Miya Cycle Station is a cycling terminal under the management of the city of Utsunomiya. The terminal offers rental cycles including hybrid bikes, road bikes and Mini Velo (small wheeled) bikes as well as information for tourists. The facilities include free toilets in the rest area and shower rooms and lockers (subject to reasonable charges). The terminal also holds a variety of events for cyclists such as seminars on sports cycling.

Nikko kaido Oshu kaido TOCHIGI
Lacquer Workshop, NAMIKI (PILOT)

Lacquer Workshop, NAMIKI (PILOT)

Pilot Corporation, known today for the pens, created a high-end fountain pen utilizing Maki-e lacquer techniques in 1926 (Taisho 15). Later, the Kokkokai (a group of Maki-e artisans) was founded with living national treasure Maki-e artisan, Gonroku Matsuda, as its center. As a result, the ancient Japanese art of Maki-e has been preserved for over 100 years. Today, the workshop is in a brick building in Hiratsuka, which previously housed the former Second Navy Ammunitions Arsenal. The history of Maki-e-lacquered fountain pens and lacquered pieces are part of the exhibit.

Experience & Activities Tokaido Koshu kaido KANAGAWA
Yoshiike Ryokan (Japanese-style inn)

Yoshiike Ryokan (Japanese-style inn)

Yoshiike is proud of its hot springs, boasting 6 in-house sources and an abundant flow of hot water of up to 720 liters per minute. The elaborately designed large public bath, the garden-like open-air bath, and the relaxing private bath are all filled with 100% private hot spring water. On the ryokan's premises, there is a 10,000 tsubo (about 355,800 square feet) pond garden, "Sangetsu-en," a cherry blossom light-up event, "Light Garden," as well as firefly and autumn leaf seasonal events. We highly recommend taking a stroll in the garden at night!*For non-overnight guests, facilities are available from 1pm.

Onsen & Stay Tokaido Koshu kaido KANAGAWA