Highlights of Japan : Top 3 by category

Three famous views of Japan 日本三景 Floating torii of Itsukushima, Miyajma Sandpit of Amanohashidate (Kyōto prefecture) Bay of Matsushima (near Sendai) New three famous views of Japan 新日本三景 Lake Ōnuma (Hokkaido) Mount Fuji from Miho no Matsubara (Shizuoka prefecture) Yaba Valley (Ōita prefecture) Three famous nights views 三大夜景 Hakodate from Mount Hakodate (Hokkaido) Kōbe from Mount Maya (Hyōgo prefecture) Nagasaki from Mount Inasa (Ōita prefecture) New three famous nights views 新三大夜景 Kita-Kyushu from Mount Sarakura (Fukuoka prefecture) Nara from Mount Wakakusayama (Nara prefecture) Fuefukigawa Fruits Park (Yamanashi prefecture) Three famous gardens 三名園 Kairaku-en (Mito) Kenroku-en (Kanazawa) Kōraku-en (Okayama) Three famous pagodas 三名塔 Daigo-ji Temple (Kyōto) Hōryū-ji Temple (Nara) Rurikō-ji Temple (Yamaguchi) Three famous castles 三名城 Nagoya-jō Ōsaka-jō Kumamoto-jō Three sacred grounds 三大霊場 Mount Koya Mount Hiei Mount Osore Three great hot springs 三大温泉 Atami, Izu peninsula (Shizuoka prefecture) Beppu (Ōita prefecture) Shirahama (Wakayama prefecture)

Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima Rurikō-ji Temple, Yamaguchi

Our rating for other attractions is as follow :

Three famous springs 三名泉 Arima Onsen, near Kōbe (Hyōgo prefecture) Gero Onsen (Gifu prefecture) Kusatsu Onsen (Gunma prefecture) Three great original castles 三大現存天守城 Himeji-jō (Hyōgo prefecture) Matsumoto-jō (Nagano prefecture) Matsuyama-jō (Ehime prefecture) Three famous traditional districts 三名旧繁華街 Canal district, Kurashiki (Okayama prefecture) Sanmachi, Takayama (Gifu prefecture) Gion, Kyōto (Kyōto prefecture) Three famous Zen temples 三名禅寺 Tenryū-ji (Kyōto) Tōfuku-ji (Kyōto) Nanzen-ji (Kyōto) Three great non-Zen temples 三大寺（禅以外） Zenkō-ji (Nagano) Narita-san (Narita) Tōdai-ji (Nara) Three famous Buddhist sites 三名仏地 Daibutsu "Giant Buddha" (Kamakura) Kinkaku-ji "Golden Pavilion" (Kyōto) Sanjusangen-dō (Kyōto) Three famous Shintō shrines 三大神社 Fushimi Inari Taisha (Kyōto) Ise Jingu (Mie prefecture) Itsukushima Jinja (Hiroshima prefecture) Three great Tōkyō festivals 東京三大祭 Sanja Matsuri (Asakusa) Fukagawa Matsuri (Fukagawa) Kanda Matsuri (Kanda) Top three skyscrapers views 三超高層ビル景 Tochō (Shinjuku, Tōkyō) Umeda Sky Building (Osaka) Marunouchi Building (Tōkyō) Top three modern buildings 三現代建築ビル Mori Tower, Roppongi Hills (Tōkyō) Tokyo Mode Gakuen Coccon Tower (Tōkyō) Yurakuchō International Forum (Tōkyō) Top three natural sites 三自然地 Mount Fuji area (Shizuoka & Yamanashi prefectures) Iya Valley (Tokushima prefecture) Mount Aso (Kumamoto prefecture)

Matsumoto Castle Golden Pavilion, Kyoto Fukagawa Matsuri, Tokyo