Visual & Performing Arts

Magome-juku Post Town

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Gifu

Scenic Views & Townscapes

Visual & Performing Arts

The stone-paved street of Magome-juku and its traditional houses, featuring blooming pink and white spring trees.

National Bunraku Theatre

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Osaka

Visual & Performing Arts

The modern exterior of the National Bunraku Theatre in Osaka, featuring a dark tiled facade and vertical white slats on the lower level, with multi-colored banners hanging in front.

Ainoyakata Indigo Museum

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Tokushima

Craft Making & Workshops

Visual & Performing Arts

Two women holding newly indigo-dyed cloth pieces standing in the courtyard in front of the traditional wooden Okumura Family Residence.

Kotohira-Gu Shrine

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Kagawa

Visual & Performing Arts

Shrines & Temples

A wide view of the Sanuki Plain and surrounding hills, including Mt. Iino (Sanuki Fuji), seen from the upper level of Kotohira-gu Shrine.

The Kyushu Ceramic Museum

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Saga

Visual & Performing Arts

An elaborate museum display of colorful Japanese and export porcelain, plates, and vases against a dark blue background.

Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum

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Tokyo

Visual & Performing Arts

The monumental Edo-Tokyo Museum building at dusk, viewed head-on from the plaza below, illuminated from underneath.