Akame 48 Waterfalls Day Trip: A Mie Waterfall Gorge by Kintetsu Rail and Bus
Akame Forty-Eight Waterfalls is a gorge of linked waterfalls in the hills south of Nabari, a city in Mie Prefecture, and it sits close enough to the Osaka side…
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Mie
6 quiet, car-free day trips in Mie — no rental car needed.
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6 guides cover this region. The counts below are the number of guides carrying each tag; a guide can carry several tags, and not every guide is tagged on every line.
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- 2026-09-06 to 2026-10-17
Iga-Ueno: A Quiet Day Around the Castle, the Ninja Museum and Basho
This guide covers a day in Iga-Ueno in Mie: the Kintetsu limited express from Osaka or Nagoya, the Iga Railway into town, Ueno Castle's walls and moat, the…
Ise Jingu, Outer Shrine First: The Old Order of Japan's Great Pilgrimage
The pilgrim custom of Ise is blunt about the order of things: greet the Outer Shrine first, and only then go on to the Inner.
Matsusaka: A Castle Town of Stone Walls and Merchant Streets
The historical notes in this article draw on Shinsen Meishō Chishi (新撰名勝地誌), a gazetteer of famous places compiled in the Meiji era.
Seki-juku Day Trip on the Old Tokaido: A Long Post Town Street, Two Museums and Seki-no-To Sweets
Seki-juku is about a ten-minute walk from JR Seki Station, and that short approach is the main reason this post town on the old Tokaido works as a day trip by…
Toba: A Quiet Day Around the Station, Pearl Island and the Bay
This guide covers how to reach Toba from Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya, the passes, Mikimoto Pearl Island, Toba Aquarium, the bay cruise and the Sea-Folk Museum.