The only one on Earth
Only in Uji
8 unique things to do, within 50 km30 mi. 32 in total
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Play at the Nintendo Museum
Nintendo Museum
Visit the oldest standing shrine building in Japan
Ujikami Shrine · Free
The only one in Japan
The only one in Japan
Stay up for the Agata Matsuri, the Uji festival where the lights go out at midnight
Agata Jinja · Free · Seasonal
Stand on Agata-dōri for the Ōnusa Shinji, when a sacred horse gallops down a closed street
Agata Jinja · Free · Seasonal
Viewpoints over Uji
Places to look at the city, the plains or the mountains from.
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Climb to the Daikichiyama observation deck
Daikichiyama Observation Deck (Buttoku-yama) · Free
Walk the crest of Amagase Dam and collect a dam card
Amagase Dam · Free
Stand on Uji Bridge by the San-no-ma
Uji Bridge · Free
Sit by the river on the right bank below Asagiri Bridge
Uji Bridge · Free
Landmarks in Uji
Worth stopping for, but a few minutes rather than an afternoon. Statues, murals, markers and monuments.
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See the Uji Bridge stele at Hashidera Hōjō-in
Hashidera Hōjō-in
Photograph the Murasaki Shikibu statue and the Uji Jūjō monument
Murasaki Shikibu statue (Yume-no-Ukihashi plaza) · Free
Find the "Memory and Reconciliation" stele to the poet Yun Dong-ju
Yun Dong-ju "Memory and Reconciliation" stele (詩人尹東柱 記憶と和解の碑) · Free
More experiences in Uji
Not unique, and not pretending to be. Good things to do here that you could also do somewhere else.
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Grind your own matcha on a stone mill at Kanbayashi Sannyū
Kanbayashi Sannyū Main Shop
Learn to brew gyokuro properly at Takumi no Yakata
Takumi no Yakata
Do a tea workshop at Fukujuen Ujicha Kōbō
Fukujuen Ujicha Kōbō
See the Kanbayashi tea-master family's papers at the Uji Kanbayashi Memorial Museum
Uji Kanbayashikinenkan
Order the nama-cha jelly at Nakamura Tokichi Honten
Nakamura Tokichi Honten
Catch the Uji Tea Festival on the first Sunday of October
Uji Bridge · Seasonal
Spend an hour in the Tale of Genji Museum
Tale of Genji Museum
Walk Mimuroto-ji in hydrangea season
Mimuroto-ji
Visit the Utoro Peace Memorial Museum
Utoro Peace Memorial Museum
Follow the Hibike! Euphonium locations with Keihan's map
Uji Bridge · Seasonal
See the Uji River exhibition at the Uji City Historical Museum
Uji City Historical Museum
Walk the Uji City Botanical Park
Uji City Botanical Park
Walk the Shirakawa tea valley to Hakusan Shrine
Shirakawa tea fields
That is everything here for now.