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Onsen & BathStandard onsen maku温泉マークthe three-steam symbol used on maps and signs for hot springs

Onsen & BathStandard onsengai温泉街a hot spring town

Onsen & BathStandard kyodo yokujo共同浴場a small shared hot-spring bathhouse run for and by local residents

Onsen & BathStandard gensen kakenagashi源泉かけ流しhot spring water used once and let overflow, with nothing recirculated

Onsen & BathStandard Ibusuki no sunamushi onsen指宿の砂むし温泉a hot sand bath on a beach warmed by hot spring water

Onsen & BathStandard sento銭湯the neighborhood public bath

Onsen & BathStandard yumomi湯もみstirring hot spring water with long wooden boards to cool it down

Onsen & BathStandard uchiyu to sotoyu meguri内湯と外湯めぐりhopping between a hot spring town's public bathhouses in a yukata

Onsen & BathStandard ryokan旅館a traditional Japanese inn

PlacesStandard Odaibaお台場the waterfront district built on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay

PlacesStandard yokohama横浜the fishing village that became Japan's door to the West

PlacesStandard Yakushima屋久島the southern island of ancient cedars and constant rain

PlacesStandard Gero Onsen下呂温泉a hot spring town in the mountains of Gifu, famous for its smooth alkaline water

PlacesStandard kanazawa金沢the castle town that escaped the bombing, and its gold leaf

PlacesStandard Ginza銀座the expensive shopping district named after a silver mint

PlacesStandard Ginzan Onsen銀山温泉a hot spring town of old wooden inns in Yamagata

PlacesStandard karuizawa軽井沢the highland resort that began as a missionary's summer escape

PlacesStandard Kenrokuen兼六園the Kanazawa garden named for the six qualities a perfect garden should have

PlacesStandard Takayama高山the mountain town in Gifu with preserved merchant streets and festival floats

PlacesStandard koyasan高野山the mountain monastery where you can stay the night

PlacesStandard sakurajima桜島the active volcano that drops ash on a city of 600,000

PlacesStandard Sanjusangendo三十三間堂the 120-meter hall in Kyoto holding 1,001 statues of Kannon

PlacesStandard Shikoku hachiju hakkasho四国八十八ヶ所the 1,200-kilometer circuit of eighty-eight temples

PlacesStandard Shurijo首里城と沖縄the palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Okinawa

PlacesStandard Ueno Koen上野公園the Tokyo park holding the national museums, the zoo and the cherry trees

PlacesStandard Kinosaki Onsen城崎温泉a hot spring town in northern Hyogo known for its seven public bathhouses

PlacesStandard kobe神戸the port city between mountain and sea, rebuilt after an earthquake

PlacesStandard kusatsu onsen草津温泉the strongly acidic hot spring with the wooden cooling ritual

PlacesStandard Adachi Bijutsukan足立美術館the Shimane museum whose garden is viewed like a painting, not walked in

PlacesStandard Nagasaki and Dejima長崎と出島the port that was Japan's only window to Europe, and the second atomic bombing

PlacesStandard Tokyo Eki no ekisha東京駅の駅舎the red brick station building of 1914, restored in 2012

PlacesStandard michi no eki道の駅roadside stations that sell local produce and let drivers rest

PlacesStandard dogo onsen道後温泉one of Japan's oldest hot springs, and its wooden bathhouse

PlacesStandard Nijojo二条城the Kyoto castle where the shogun gave power back to the Emperor

PlacesStandard Nikko Toshogu日光東照宮the shrine where Tokugawa Ieyasu is enshrined, covered in carvings

PlacesStandard Nihon Sankei日本三景the three famous views of Japan, chosen in the seventeenth century

PlacesStandard Atami熱海the hot spring town that collapsed and came back

PlacesStandard fukuoka福岡the city closest to the continent, and its street food stalls

PlacesStandard Byodoin平等院鳳凰堂the eleventh-century temple hall on the ten-yen coin

PlacesStandard Beppu and Yufuin別府と湯布院the biggest hot spring town in Japan and the quiet one next to it

PlacesStandard beppu onsen別府温泉the town with the most hot spring water in Japan

PlacesStandard nagoya名古屋the industrial city between Tokyo and Osaka, with its own food

PlacesStandard Arima Onsen有馬温泉the old hot spring town in the hills behind Kobe

Pop CultureStandard i supotsueスポーツcompetitive gaming in Japan

Pop CultureStandard karutaかるたthe card game where you race to grab the right card

Pop CultureStandard Janpu to shukan mangashiジャンプと週刊漫画誌the manga magazine where reader postcards ranking each week's chapters can decide a series' fate

Pop CultureStandard hanafuda花札the flower card game

Pop CultureStandard Kohaku Uta Gassen紅白歌合戦the New Year's Eve song contest on public television

Pop CultureStandard kamishibai紙芝居the paper theater a storyteller carried on a bicycle

Pop CultureStandard jidaigeki時代劇the period drama set before the Meiji era

Pop CultureStandard mukashi no asobi昔の遊びthe pre-electronic children's games still taught in schools

Pop CultureStandard nihon eiga日本映画Japanese cinema, then and now

Pop CultureStandard manzai漫才two-person stand-up comedy

School LifeStandard pi ti ePTAthe parents and teachers association at a Japanese school

School LifeStandard gakkyukai学級会the class meeting where pupils decide things themselves

School LifeStandard tannin学級担任the homeroom teacher who teaches everything

School LifeStandard shintai sokutei身体測定the school health check and measurements

School LifeStandard suiei no jugyo水泳の授業swimming as a compulsory school subject

School LifeStandard sekigae席替えchanging where everyone sits in the classroom

School LifeStandard chorei朝礼the morning assembly at a school or workplace