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All Japan Minakami

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Minakami

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Minakami, Japan

Updated May 6, 2022

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Minakami, Japan

Mount Tanigawa

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.
Doai Station platform

Minakami, Japan

Doai Train Station

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Aerial view of the burial site.

Takasaki, Japan

Hodota Burial Mounds

A trio of keyhole-shaped burial mounds restored to their ancient glory.
20 miles from Minakami

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Kankōji Temple

Take a lick of the legendary homemade miso paste that protected this Buddhist temple’s scrolls from a fire centuries ago.
24 miles from Minakami
Tunnel of Light.

Tokamachi, Japan

Kiyotsu Gorge 'Tunnel of Light'

There's light and a dreamlike panorama at the end of this tunnel.
24 miles from Minakami
A tunnel into the Ashio Copper Mine.

Nikko, Japan

Ashio Copper Mine

The site of Japan's first major environmental disaster.
24 miles from Minakami
A large daruma rests easy having fulfilled its purpose

Takasaki, Japan

Shorinzan Darumaji Temple

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.
24 miles from Minakami
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