There are many lists, so here they are:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Japan%27s_Top_3
Which have you seen? Have you seen any of the lists completely? (Was it intentional?)
I've seen:
-Miyajima (Top 3 View)
-Mount Fuji (Famous Mountains)
-Todaiji (Famous Daibutsu)
-Fushimi Inari (Great Inari Shrines)
-Saijo Inari (Great Inari Shrines)
Nankin-machi (Top Chinatowns)
samurai_dave
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uh, waitaminute... japanese don't care for the list? Who do you think came up with those lists in the first place? Japanese have been labeling everything on the island as top 3 something of Japan/area since the Edo Period. You've got National Top lists and regional top lists.
I've not heard of this particular list but I have heard of similar lists or rankings in guide books and travel brochures.
For example of regional ranking, last year I went to Hirosaki's Snow Lantern Festival which is supposedly listed as one of the Top 5 snow festivals of the Tohoku area.
Anyway,
Views: Matsushima many times
Castles: Himeji, Matsumoto, and Kumamoto
-National Treasure Castles: Hikone, Inuyama, Hirosaki
Gardens: Kairakuen, Kōrakuen
Mountains - been around, near, and over it but this year I plan to finally climb Mt. Fuji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKAVbGbC3YQ&feature=channel_page
Big Buddhas: Nara and Kamakura plus another big one in Aomori
Festivals: Gion and Sanno plus Nebuta and Neputa
been to lots of onsens but none of those on the list
new night views: Nara from Mount Wakakusayama
Oshu Holy places: Kinkasan
Great Shrines: Fushimi Inari,
Chinatown(?): Yokohama
Selena
That's an interesting list...thanks for posting it.
There are many places on there I have visited and many more I want to visit now.
Here are the ones I have been to:
Three views: Amanohashidate and Miyajima and Onuma???why is Onuma on the list???
Castles: Himeji, Hikone and Shuri
Gardens: Kenrokuen
Mountains: Fuji
Big Buddhas: Kamakura and Nara
Great Inari Shrines:Fushimi Inari
Great Hot Springs: Atami and Beppu
Famous springs; Gero
Nightviews: Hakodate, Kobe and Nagasaki
Hidden Regions: Shirakawa-Go and Iya Valley
Chinatowns: Yokohama and Nagasaki
thecheapest902
Japanese do not care the list so much.
Only travel lovers care it. I'm a travel lover, but only international travel, hehe.
What I have seen among the list is Mt. Fuji and Buddha in Kamakura.
Anonymous
Fuji and Todaiji are great but there are many more excellent places that dont make the lists.
y
I'm japanese and I live in japane... I've seen
Amanohashidate(with my family)
Miyajima-Hiroshima (school trip)
Himeji Castle(when i went to himeji i just saw it from the station)
Todaiji, Nara(school trip)
Arima Onsen, Hyogo (with my family)
Hakodate(with my family)
Nankinmachi, Kobe(sometimes drop by when i go back to school)