Category
Historic Towns
Samurai districts, Edo-era merchant streets, and water towns where the old layout of Japan is still readable in the lanes.
Historic Towns
Gifu
2 hours from Nagoya
Gujo Hachiman: The Water Town That Dances All Night
Gujo Hachiman in Gifu is a small castle town threaded with clear mountain streams, famous for its all-night summer dance and for inventing plastic food samples.
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Historic Towns
Chiba
60 min from Tokyo
Sakura, Chiba: An Edo Castle Town an Hour from Tokyo
Sakura in Chiba is a quiet former castle town with a samurai district, Japan's national history museum, and Edo-era lanes, all an hour from central Tokyo.
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