🏰 Visit These 6 Fairy Tale Towns in Japan and Check Them Off Your Lis

Escape from real life for a moment and embark on a healing fairy tale journey~ 1️⃣ Yufuin / Beppu 📍 Ōita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan This place is the inspiration behind the famous anime My Neighbor Totoro 🐱, so stepping in feels like entering a Studio Ghibli animation. With mountains, lakes, and hot springs, it's voted as the number one ☝️ travel destination by local women. The various artistic shops and cafes make it a very worthwhile fairy tale town to visit and vacation in. 2️⃣ Iga Funaya 📍 626-0425 Kyoto Prefecture, Nada District, Iga Town, Sunrise 11 The most unique fishing village in Japan, 🌊 built along the coast and backed by mountains, with circling seagulls 🕊️ and crystal clear seawater. The first floor is for boats, and the second floor is living space. This village is considered one of the most scenic in Japan, comfortable and dreamy. 3️⃣ Shirakawa-go Gassho-zukuri Village 📍 Foot of the White Mountains, Gifu Prefecture, Honshu Island The traditional characteristic architecture of Japanese countryside. When covered in snow at night during winter, ❄️ the village lights up with warm lights ✨, looking like gingerbread houses with frost sugar from afar, gentle and lovely, as if from a Hayao Miyazaki movie. It was also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in '95 and is definitely worth a visit. 4️⃣ Ginzan Onsen 📍 Valley in Obanazawa City, Yamagata Prefecture This place can be described as the time-space boundary in the dialogue 🎬 of "Spirited Away"! In the evening, when the kerosene lamps are lit, the whole town is filled with a strong sense of nostalgia. It attracts many travelers. In winter, when the snow is heavy, it's unbearably beautiful, and taking a warm soak in the hot spring ♨️ is incredibly comfortable. 5️⃣ Furano Forest Terrace 📍 Central Furano, New Furano Prince Hotel A fairy tale village in the real world, surrounded by mostly undeveloped 🌳 virgin forests. There are 15 cute little wooden houses in the forest. Strolling along the forest trail, Christmas trees, snowmen, little wooden houses！If you're lucky, you might even see 🦊 little foxes~ 6️⃣ Kichijoji Petit Village 📍 2-33-2 Kichijoji Honcho, Musashino City, Tokyo, Kichijoji Petit Village Kichijoji in Tokyo, Japan, is full of life and artistic sensibility. It is a fairy tale village themed around cats 🐱. Various themed restaurants, cat cafes, and fountains shaped like cats ⛲️ are full of Studio Ghibli anime style, like something molded out of clay, dreamy and healing! #MyOffTheBeatenPathTravelGuide #MyTravelDiary #FairyTaleWorld #JapanTravel #JapanTravelCustomization #AnimeShare #Travel #OffTheBeatenPathTravel