Tokyo
1) Ghibli Museum (Tokyo)*
2) Skytree Town (Tokyo)*
3) Shinjuku Goen National Garden (Tokyo)*
4) Hamarikyu Garden (Tokyo)
5) Kinokuniya (Tokyo)
6) Ebitsu (Little Europe)
7) Meiji Shrine
Chiba
1) Tokyo DisneySEA (Chiba)*
Harajuku
Akiharaba
Kyoto
1) Gion (Geisha District)*
2) Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
3) Fushimi Inari Taisha (vermillion torii gates)
4) Kyoto International Manga Museum
5) National Museum of a Modern Art
Himeji
1) Himeji Castle*
Kumamoto
1) Kumamoto Castle
Yamanouchi
1) Shibu Onsen (collect stamps)*
2) Jigokudani Monkey Park*
Otaru (small harbour city)
1) Otaru Snow Light Path Festival
2) Music Box Museum
Yamagata
1) Ginzan Onsen (prettiest)*
Miyajima (Shrine Island)*
Okinawa
1) Tokashiki Jima (Snorkelling)*
2) Kosakutou (souvenirs)
Hokkaido
1) Shiroi Kobito Park (Hokkaido)*
2) Ryugetsu Confectionary
3) Furano (lavender fields in July)*
4) Kushiro Shitsugen National Park (year-round Japanese cranes)*
5) Akan National Park (foggy lakes)*
6) Daisetsuzan National Park*
7) Niseko (powdery snow)
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8) Shiretoko National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site; extremely remote though)
9) Noboribetsu Hot Spring Town
10) Mount Moiwa (night view) (Sapporo)
11) Matsumae Castle