Scenic jigsaw puzzles from Japan

500-piece scenic puzzles

Shirakawa-go in spring

Blossom surrounds a tiny paddy field as spring comes to this village in the northern Alps.

Randy Johnson's travel notes on Shirakawa-go

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A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 53 x 38 cm (21" x 15")
Code: Y05710 (05-710 on box)
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Kôdai-ji

Neatly trimmed azalea bushes provide a colour contrast with the building housing the living quarters for this temple.

What does the name mean?

high

stand

temple

Born in Kyoto in 1941, Mizuno earned a degree in literature from Doshisha University in 1964. Since 1969 he has worked as a freelance photographer, in a lifelong quest to capture the essence of Japanese tradition in his native city, and resulting in publication of some one hundred books of his photographs.

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An Appleone puzzle: 500 pieces; 38 x 53 cm (15" x 21")
Code: A05172 (500-172 on box)
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Bamboo pathway

A puzzler's puzzle! A stepped footpath climbs through the bamboo grove in Rakusai, Kyoto. There is a lot of green in this puzzle, in a gradation from the dark shadows among the bamboo trunks to the sunlit sky seen through the topmost fronds.

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A Road puzzle: 500 pieces; 52 x 38 cm (20" x 15")
Code: RS5580 (RS-55-80 on box)
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Kyoto moss garden

Though officially known as Saihôji, this temple is better known as Kokedera, the "Moss Temple", because of its expansive gardens entirely carpeted in moss (120 species, we're told). The temple was originally founded in the eighth century, and the garden restored in 1339.

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A Road puzzle: 500 pieces; 52 x 38 cm (20" x 15")
Code: RS5586 (RS-55-86 on box)
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Shinkansen below Mount Fuji

The iconic shot of modern Japan: the "bullet train" passing below Mount Fuji. This is the N700, the version introduced in 2007, cutting the journey time between Tokyo and Osaka to under two-and-a-half hours.

Double-postcard size puzzle with micro pieces

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A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 22 x 17 cm (9" x 7")
Code: Y4109 (41-09 on box)
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Seventy islands, Palau

The immensely beautiful islets are in the Rock Islands, part of the Pacific nation of Palau.

Double-postcard size puzzle with micro pieces

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A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 22 x 17 cm (9" x 7")
Code: Y4113 (41-13 on box)
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Osaka castle

Restoration of the main tower of Osaka castle was finally completed in 1997. Though made of concrete, it is a faithful reproduction of the original.

Double-postcard size puzzle with micro pieces

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A Yanoman puzzle: 500 pieces; 22 x 17 cm (9" x 7")
Code: Y4110 (41-10 on box)
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450 small pieces

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Deleted puzzles

For reference: you can view all the 500-piece scenic puzzles that are out of print in the Attic.