Culture Ofuna Kannon Temple in Kamakura Nathan Eden Ofuna Kannon is an immense, striking white statue which overlooks the Ofuna Station area and offers protection for those who come..
Culture Inside the Kamakura Daibutsu Cordelia Ding Are you planning to visit Kamakura as a side trip from Tokyo? If so, it must mean that you will visit the Daibutsu, or the Great..
Culture Whisky Festival in Yokohama 2024 Late Aug One way to get your whisky fix is at the Whisky Festival in Yokohama, a large-scale tasting event that brings together whiskies..
Culture Masobyo 5 (1Review) Masobyo Temple (媽祖廟), also called Ma Zhu Miao, is located in Yokohama’s Chinatown. The young Taoist temple, which opened relatively recently in 2..
Museums Walk the Old Hakone Highway Tomoko Kamishima Can you believe that you can take a walk down the exact same road and see the exact same view that people did 400 year ago?
Culture Nihon Minkaen 5 (1Review) Nihon Minka-en (日本民家園, also 'The Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum') is part of the Ikuta Ryokuchi Park in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. On displa..
Culture Satoyama Garden Cathy Cawood Enjoy mass plantings of flowers at Satoyama Garden in Yokohama. Part of the Yokohama Garden Necklace project, the garden is glorious..
Culture Daiyuzan Saijoji Temple Daiyuzan Saijoji is a temple with a deep connection to the tengu, those creatures who occupy a special place in Japanese folk religion. For example, folklore..