Most Popular Places To Visit in Japan (Historic sites): Top 10 by English-Reader Interest
These are the 10 places to visit in Japan (Historic sites) that English-speaking readers look up most, ranked by average monthly page views on English Wikipedia over the past 12 months. Number one is Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining.
| # | Name | Type | Views / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining 明治日本の産業革命遺産 製鉄・鉄鋼、造船、石炭産業 | Historic site | 700 |
| 2 | Yushima Seidō 湯島聖堂 | Historic site | 600 |
| 3 | Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land 平泉 | Historic site | 500 |
| 4 | Nirayama Reverberatory Furnaces 韮山反射炉 | Historic site | 400 |
| 5 | Imperial College of Engineering 工部大学校 | Historic site | 400 |
| 6 | Sefa-utaki 斎場御嶽 | Historic site | 300 |
| 7 | Ōyu Stone Circles 大湯環状列石 | Historic site | 300 |
| 8 | JDS Akishio あきしお | Historic site | 300 |
| 9 | Kasori Shell Mound 加曽利貝塚 | Historic site | 200 |
| 10 | Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall 日比谷野外音楽堂 | Historic site | 200 |
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- Page views measure how often English-speaking readers look a place up. They are a sign of interest, not a quality score, and well-known names naturally rank higher.
- Open each place for its location, nearest station and distance from major cities.
Source: Wikimedia page view statistics (English Wikipedia, human traffic, 12-month average) and Wikidata (CC0). Compiled by this website.