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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Unusual Attractions in Minakami

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

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest 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

Minamiuonuma, Japan

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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