Accommodation Temple Lodging at Hojo-in, Koyasan Nicole Bauer The monks don’t just have a strict schedule, but everything they do is so impeccably planned and performed. When we arrived, t..
10 Koyasan: Random Impressions Nicole Bauer It is the religious center of Shingon Buddhism in Japan and you can actually feel it throughout the whole valley. I highly recommend..
6 Japan's Most Beautiful Graveyard Nicole Bauer I had never paid particular attention to graveyards—until I went to Japan, and Okunoin at Koyasan is surely the most impressiv..
Accommodation Spend a Night in Yufu City Nicole Bauer We stayed at a wonderful ryokan (Japanese Inn) called Makiba-no-ie, located next to the river, directly in the center of the village...
Culture formachika Beauty Therapy Chika Featured Are you tired of the standard beauty treatments offered at a traditional esthetics salon? For a fully customized treatment book..
Beauty & Spa Things to Do around Aso Volcano Nicole Bauer If you want to feel and see the power of nature, you have to go there and have a look into this huge steaming crater, emitting fumes..
Activities The Volcanic Desert of Aso Caldera Nicole Bauer The further you walk the more bizarre the landscape becomes, like a new not yet discovered planet. A lunar landscape I would say...
Accommodation A Night in a Farmhouse in Aso Nicole Bauer A must-stay if you visit Mount Aso in Kumamoto: A traditional farmhouse with lots of atmosphere and outstanding organically gr..