Hirosaki park is the grounds of the Cherry blossom festival.
Toyokawa is famous for its fox temple, home to thousands of stone foxes and fox images.
Chinzan-so ("Camellia Mountain Estate") is the former estate of Prince Yamagata, a Meiji-era politician.
Ginkakuji, the Silver Pavilion, is a Zen temple at the foot of Kyoto's Higashiyama ("eastern mountains").