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Japan from above

Five landmarks, one camera. Scroll inside this card to fly between them — the globe is live, with Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles over Cesium Ion world terrain.

01 · Tokyo · 東京

Tokyo Tower

A 333 m lattice tower painted in international orange. Built in 1958, it still operates as a broadcast antenna and was the tallest structure in Japan until Tokyo Skytree opened in 2012.

35.6586°N, 139.7454°E · range 900 m

02 · Yamanashi/Shizuoka · 富士山

Mt. Fuji

3,776 m stratovolcano on Honshū, last active in 1707. A sacred mountain in Shinto, climbed by ~300,000 people every summer between July and early September.

35.3606°N, 138.7274°E · range 16,000 m

03 · Kyoto · 金閣寺

Kinkaku-ji

The Golden Pavilion — a Zen Buddhist temple whose top two floors are covered in pure gold leaf, reflecting in the mirror pond Kyōko-chi. Originally a shogun's retirement villa, converted to a temple in 1408.

35.0394°N, 135.7292°E · range 360 m

04 · Osaka · 大阪城

Osaka Castle

A reconstructed five-story tower keep on a vast stone-walled compound, originally built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1583. The site played a pivotal role in unifying Japan in the late 16th century.

34.6873°N, 135.5262°E · range 700 m

05 · Hiroshima · 厳島神社

Itsukushima Shrine

Famous for its 'floating' torii gate standing in the Seto Inland Sea. The shrine complex has stood on this site since 593 CE; the current torii dates to 1875 and stands 16 m tall.

34.2959°N, 132.3198°E · range 700 m

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