Monuments & statues in Japan
Detourmap maps 52 monuments & statues worth the detour in Japan — memorials, colossal statues, triumphal arches. The best known is Hiroshima Peace Memorial. All of them are listed below. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.
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Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining
Monuments & statues · Notable
World Heritage Site in Japan
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
Memorial park located in Hiroshima, Japan
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Shrines and Temples of Nikkō
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UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kantō region, Japan
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Ushiku Daibutsu
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
Statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
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UNESCO World Heritage Site in Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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Nikkō Tōshō-gū
Monuments & statues · 17th century · Notable
Shinto shrines in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
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Tamaudun
Monuments & statues · 16th century · Hidden gem
Building in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
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Tsuki no wa no misasagi
Monuments & statues · 13th century · Hidden gem
Mausoleum in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
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The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
World Heritage site in Japan
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Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
Memorial monument in Nagasaki, Japan
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Kushimoto Turkish Memorial and Museum
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum in Kushimoto, Japan
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Shiodome Freight Terminal
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Former railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan
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Imperial College of Engineering
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Former Meiji era Tokyo based university
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Cornerstone of Peace
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Monument in the Okinawa island, Japan
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Dai Kannon of Kita no Miyako park
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Statue in Hokkaido, Japan
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the Grand Ring
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
Wooden structure at the Expo 2025 Osaka
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Kamagaya Great Buddha
Monuments & statues · 18th century · Hidden gem
Buddha statue in Kamagaya city, Chiba prefecture, Japan
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Great Buddha of Kamakura
Monuments & statues · 13th century · Hidden gem
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Nirayama Reverberatory Furnaces
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Shizuoka, Japan
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Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Monument
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Hashino iron mining and smelting site
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Honshu, Japan
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Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Outdoor theater in Hibiya Park, Tokyo, Japan
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Takasaki Byakue Daikannon
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Large statue in Takasaki, Japan
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Yonezawa Uesugi clan cemetery
Monuments & statues · 17th century · Hidden gem
Cemetery in Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
