/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>30322937
You can have this one, but you must post your favorite Gumi song.
please?

>>25745840
Since you mentioned Hiroshima, Hiroshima is right next to Miyajima (literally as ferry ride away) where there is the floating shrine, wild deer (unlike Nara where you have to pay to see them), and the local delicasy (cheese-oyster) is good too.

Mt. Hakone (an active vocano you can see the summit of; the surrounding areas also have Onsens with delicious food. The nearby lake is beautiful too. Historically it used to be a customs checkpoint where wagons going in and out of Tokyo were searched).

Universal Studio is actually really good. I'm not entirely sure how good your Japanese is (becase there are a lot of live performances), but regardless my own parents had a good time when we went even though they don't know it at all. The production value was obnoxiously high.

See a Matsuri IRL! I went to see the Aizen Matsuri in Osaka, the procession of mikoshi and cute mikos was really something. And the food stall (of course I ate takoyaki and okonomiyaki since it's Osaka) and fireworks afterweards was cool.

I'm not entirely sure which animes you have or haven't seen. But it's really amazing to go see some locations from anime. I've seen Toyosato Primary School (K-On!) and Kanda Shrine (Love Live!, also admittedly really close to Akihabara).

Real Travellers(tm) love to hate on all of Kyoto's touristy spots sich as Yasaka-jinja, Kiyomizu-dera Inari-jina, and the Golden Palace. But they're actually really interesting to see in real life and from then on everytime you see a field-trip episode in anime, you'll think to yourself "oh, I've been there!".

Castles. I've been to Osaka Castle and Nagoya Castle. They're both great.

Nagoya's Train Museum is really interesting if you love trains.

The ancient burial tombs of Asuka. Some are more than 2200 years old.

I've never been, but the Kyoto satellite of Koka is interesting if you're interested in Ninjas.

I'm hesitant to write about Tokyo since Real Travellers(tm) love to hate on it, and I'm not sure if you're anti-city/anti-consoomer, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

Shibuya. Go to the starbucks and order a coffee (even if you hate starbucks). Then you can people-watch the Shibyua crossing for as long as you like. The Shibuya crossing also gets featured on every western newsreel/movie/TV show featuring Japan. So again, everytime you see it on TV you'll think "hey, I've been there!". Go say hi to Hachiko too!

Mt. Takao is nearby. There are wild monkeys and on a cloudless day you can see Mt. Fuji from the summit.

The Skytree and Sensou-ji are nearby each other.

The observation deck of the Shinjuku Government Building is free. The Skytree is not.

Imperial Palace (especially at new year's, the only time commoners can go inside, so they can watch the Emperor gives a speech; the government give out Japanese flags for this). The other Imperial Palace is in Kyoto.

Tokyo Train Station with it's Victorian Architecture and Red Bricks really capture the essence of the Meiji-era westernization.

If it's history, then Tokyo National Museum has lots of historical artifacts. Ueno Zoo is right next door too.

Nearby Tokyo is Yokohama. Yokohama is home of some decomissioned Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, and the Cup Noodle Museum (dedicated to Momofuku, the inventor of cup noodles), and the Mirai Minato (a lovely place for a stroll, and an episode of idolm@ster took place here and in the nearby Chinatown).

Sorry. I know you asked for historical sites, but a lot of non-historical sites got mixed up in this list.

>>25745978
Regardless, try to answer his question. Don't be a bitter expat whining up and down about "weeaboos" on JapanCirclejerk or GaijinPot.