Kansai
This three-room hostel, in a vacant old house thoughtfully renovated by its young, English-speaking owners, is ideally set up for self-catering, with a full kitchen. Rooms are Japanese-style and there's the option of a traditional breakfast (¥600). You can rent snorkelling and beach-going gear cheaply here, too.
At the entrance is a small bar (open 6pm to 11pm daily July and August and 6pm to 10pm Friday to Tuesday September to June) – just about the only nightlife spot in Takeno.
24.91 MILES
Amanohashidate means 'bridge to heaven' and this narrow sandbar covered in some 5000 pine trees has long inspired poets and painters. It's also billed as…
29.56 MILES
On the eastern side of the Tango Peninsula, Ine sits along the beautiful Ine-wan. The village's signature houses, called funaya, are built right over the…
5.88 MILES
Genbudō is the largest of the five caves at this site, part of San-in Kaigan National Park, with other-worldly surfaces of pillar-like ripples formed by…
24.74 MILES
Steps from the southern end of the Amanohashidate footbridge, this busy temple is home to an Important Cultural Property pagoda from the Muromachi period …
3.53 MILES
This tiny museum in a former kura (storehouse) displays mugiwara-zaiku (barley-straw crafts) practised locally since 1716. Straw is dyed and cut into tiny…
25.56 MILES
This historic 18th-century home belonged to a wealthy family of sake brewers and silk traders. There are well-preserved architectural details and…
16.59 MILES
Stop for a dip at this pretty beach, hemmed in by pine-topped hills and with a tiny, naturally forming onsen pool (keep your swimsuit on).
27.15 MILES
Kyōga-misaki is a cape at the northernmost point of the Tango Peninsula. The name means 'cape of sutras' for the shape of the stone formations. A car park…
3.53 MILES
This tiny museum in a former kura (storehouse) displays mugiwara-zaiku (barley-straw crafts) practised locally since 1716. Straw is dyed and cut into tiny…
5.88 MILES
Genbudō is the largest of the five caves at this site, part of San-in Kaigan National Park, with other-worldly surfaces of pillar-like ripples formed by…
16.59 MILES
Stop for a dip at this pretty beach, hemmed in by pine-topped hills and with a tiny, naturally forming onsen pool (keep your swimsuit on).
24.74 MILES
Steps from the southern end of the Amanohashidate footbridge, this busy temple is home to an Important Cultural Property pagoda from the Muromachi period …
24.91 MILES
Amanohashidate means 'bridge to heaven' and this narrow sandbar covered in some 5000 pine trees has long inspired poets and painters. It's also billed as…
25.56 MILES
This historic 18th-century home belonged to a wealthy family of sake brewers and silk traders. There are well-preserved architectural details and…
27.15 MILES
Kyōga-misaki is a cape at the northernmost point of the Tango Peninsula. The name means 'cape of sutras' for the shape of the stone formations. A car park…