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Japanese landmarks

Japan’s landmarks range from ancient shrines and castles to modern towers. These all fit the Japan × Landmark square from a past Overlaple puzzle.

This pair comes from a past Overlaple puzzle: Monday, 28 September 2026, where “Japan” and “Landmark” met in one square. That page lists the best answers players gave.

Jev, the AI judge that scores Overlaple, says whether it fits both.

18 things that fit both

  1. Mount FujiJapan’s highest mountain, a near-perfect volcanic cone.
  2. Tokyo TowerA red and white tower inspired by the Eiffel Tower.
  3. Tokyo SkytreeThe tallest tower in the world, at 634 m.
  4. Fushimi Inari ShrineKyoto’s mountain paths lined with thousands of red torii gates.
  5. Kinkaku-jiKyoto’s Golden Pavilion, covered in gold leaf.
  6. Himeji CastleThe white “egret castle”, Japan’s finest surviving castle.
  7. Itsukushima ShrineFamous for its torii gate that seems to float at high tide.
  8. Hiroshima Peace MemorialThe Genbaku Dome, left standing after the 1945 atomic bomb.
  9. Senso-jiTokyo’s oldest temple, in Asakusa.
  10. Kiyomizu-deraA Kyoto temple with a wooden stage over the hillside.
  11. Todai-jiNara temple housing a giant bronze Buddha.
  12. Osaka CastleA castle rebuilt above huge stone walls.
  13. Shibuya CrossingTokyo’s famous scramble crossing.
  14. Arashiyama Bamboo GrovePaths through towering bamboo outside Kyoto.
  15. Great Buddha of KamakuraA huge bronze Buddha sitting in the open air.
  16. Meiji ShrineA Tokyo shrine in a forest, dedicated to Emperor Meiji.
  17. Nikko ToshoguThe richly decorated shrine of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
  18. Matsumoto CastleThe black “crow castle”.

Like finding things that fit two categories? That is the whole idea of Overlaple, a free daily 3×3 word puzzle: each square is where a row category meets a column category, and you name one thing that fits both. An AI judge scores every answer.

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