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Highlights of Japan Japanese people like to rank the three best attractions of a kind : Top 3 views Floating torii of Miyajma Island (near Hiroshima) Sandpit of Amanohashidate (Wakasa Bay, Northern Kyoto prefecture) Bay of Matsushima (near Sendai) Top 3 gardens Kairaku-en (Mito) Kenroku-en (Kanazawa) Koraku-en (Okayama) Matsuyama Castle, Shikoku Our rating for other attractions is as follow : Top 3 castles Himeji-jo (Hyogo prefecture) Matsumoto-jo (Nagano prefecture) Matsuyama-jo (Ehime prefecture) Top 3 traditional districts Canal district in Kurashiki (Okayama prefecture) Takayama (Gifu prefecture) Gion (Kyoto) Top 3 Zen temples Tenryu-ji (Kyoto) Tofuku-ji (Kyoto) Nanzen-ji (Kyoto) Top 3 non-Zen temples Narita-san (Chiba prefecture) Todai-ji (Nara) Senso-ji, Asakusa (Tokyo) Top 3 other Buddhist sites Daibutsu "giant Buddha" (Kamakura) Kinkaku-ji "golden pavillion" (Kyoto) Sanjusangen-do (Kyoto) Top 3 Shinto shrines Fushimi Inari Taisha (Kyoto) Ise Jingu (Mie prefecture) Itsukushima Jinja (Hiroshima prefecture) Top 3 Tokyo Matsuri (festivals) Sanja Matsuri (Asakusa) Fukagawa Matsuri (Fukagawa) Kanda Matsuri (Kanda) Top 3 skyscrapers views Tocho (Shinjuku, Tokyo) Umeda Sky Building (Osaka) Marunouchi Building (Tokyo) Top 3 modern architecture Roppongi Hills (Tokyo) Shiodome (Tokyo) Yurakucho International Forum (Tokyo) Top 3 natural attractions Mount Fuji area (Shizuoka & Yamanashi prefecture) Iya Valley (Tokushima prefecture) Mount Aso (Kumamoto prefecture)

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