Places in Japan You’ve Got to Visit — 5ch Rates Them ‘Charm 5, Convenience 1’

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A thread on 5ch turned into users listing places in Japan they seriously think you should visit. Alongside classic tourist spots like Universal Studios Japan, the Tottori Sand Dunes, and Takachiho Gorge, some curveballs popped up too — the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the University of Tokyo, and JAXA — with posters cheerfully scoring each one on “charm” and “convenience” to keep the thread rolling.

1Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:34:25.65ID:ID:dBhPxJwb0
Tell me
6Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:37:37.62ID:jcZtK1TC0
The Venus Line from Utsukushigahara to Lake Shirakaba
12Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:41:59.63ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>6
Charm: 1
Convenience: 1
7Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:38:50.26ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>2
>>4
Charm: 1
Convenience: 1
Out of the question
8Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:39:35.70ID:gXZMeMLo0
>>7
What even is "convenience" supposed to mean here?
69Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:59:28.86ID:X9yt/oB+0
>>7
Charm: 1
Convenience: 1
13Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:42:18.26ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>8
It means transit access
15Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:43:37.02ID:gXZMeMLo0
>>13
Access from where???
20Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:44:48.17ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>15
From the nearest station
24Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:46:09.56ID:gXZMeMLo0
>>20
Whose nearest station?
Nearest to what?
14Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:43:26.29ID:Y+IPDvO00
USJ 🇺🇸🤗
18Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:44:11.79ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>14
Charm: 5
Convenience: 5
One train ride from downtown Osaka — transit access is top notch
22Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:45:33.21ID:Y+IPDvO00
>>18
What about Tsutenkaku Tower? 🥺
21Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:45:01.59ID:C3HZ+rWJr
Tottori Sand Dunes

Photos and videos never really do it justice, but up close it's basically a wall
Seriously, a wall
26Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:46:53.68ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>21
Charm: 5
Convenience: 3
Love the sense of open space
25Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:46:36.81ID:kmAMpzIY0
Takachiho Gorge
The site of the heavenly grandson's descent (a key Shinto myth)
If you're Japanese, you should at least see the place where Japan began
27Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:47:04.40ID:gXZMeMLo0
>>25
Now I want some somen noodles
34Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:49:13.68ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>25
Charm: 5
Convenience: 2
The waterfall has a mystical kind of beauty
51Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:56:26.02ID:PyWbgipd0
>>25
Guess that makes you a traitor to the nation, huh?
36Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:50:59.18ID:1bWOc6fsH
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant
Ningyo-toge
The former Monju site
JAERI (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute)
The Atomic Bomb Museum
105Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:10:25.55ID:0LsiUCPU0
>>36
Charm: 5
Convenience: 3
You can really feel nature there
44Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:54:32.77ID:spgYvtPWa
Kinome Pass
The scenery still looks like it's straight out of the Sengoku era
52Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:56:35.61ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>44
Charm: 5
Convenience: 2
54Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:56:39.75ID:lG03ZRTW0
Low convenience means there's real satisfaction when you finally arrive
Sure, some spots turn out to be letdowns
Anyway — with that in mind: the summit of Mt. Fuji
67Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 21:59:18.41ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>53
>>54
Charm: 1
Convenience: 1
72Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:00:09.41ID:S6fk7aob0
The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route and Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium actually moved me a little
78Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:03:01.63ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>72
The Toyama side of Tateyama Kurobe
Charm: 5
Convenience: 2

Everywhere else
Charm: 1
Convenience: 1
77Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:02:46.47ID:/WujnNf90
Mount Osore
Izumo Taisha
Okinawa
Hokkaido
81Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:03:39.40ID:PKdYtKT30
>>77
Charm: 6
Convenience: 12
83Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:04:10.27ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>77
Izumo Taisha
Charm: 5
Convenience: 3
91Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:06:29.87ID:oGkNP0740
>>77
Charm: 5
Convenience: 2
80Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:03:14.34ID:dBhPxJwb0
ID:5HcNZiuY0 — seriously, what is up with this guy…
88Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:05:22.89ID:QidHQfIJ0
>>80
Charm: 5
Convenience: 3
You can really feel nature there
89Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:05:24.95ID:pp5jJmXl0
>>80
Classic case of the real deal not realizing it's the real deal
85Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:04:46.90ID:oWkU1iif0
>>83
Charm: 2
Convenience: 6
87Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:05:15.33ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>85
Charm is a 5
90Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:05:49.39ID:Kpd6+/2i0
>>87
Charm: 5
Convenience: 5
One train ride from downtown Osaka — transit access is top notch
93Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:06:46.79ID:5HcNZiuY0
>>90
Come on, there's no way you get there from Osaka in one train
101Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:08:32.85ID:1bWOc6fsH
The University of Tokyo
Kyoto University
RIKEN
AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
JAXA (Sagamihara)
104Anonymous2026/08/19(水) 22:09:46.50ID:GtAvLKnx0
>>101
Charm: 6
Convenience: 18

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Places in Japan You Should Seriously Go To”.

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