Culture Oyama Shrine of Kanazawa Charles Colfer Oyama Shrine's most noticeable feature is the unusual gate, which was designed by a Dutch architect using elements of Asian..
9 Akafuji Wine Cellar in Kawaguchiko Cathy Cawood Sample and buy locally produced Yamanashi wines at Akafuji Wine Cellar in Kawaguchiko.
Shopping Making Japanese Sweets in Kanazawa Sarah Chaney A lesson in making Japanese sweets at the Ishikawa Prefecture Tourist Museum. We made 3 different kinds of vibrantly colored Japanese..
11 The Landscape of Aokigahara Forest Cathy Cawood The Aokigahara Forest landscape is both beautiful and forbidding, and the rough ground beneath the trees still shows the evident..
13 Shotaiji, Lake Hamana Peter Sidell On the western shore of Lake Hamana in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Shotaiji is a Buddhist temple with 88 ancient statues hiding..
11 Kankou-ji Temple, Minami Uonuma Rufus Starbuck Kankou-ji Temple, Minami Uonuma - a Zen Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Ishiuchi.
9 Carousel in the Forest Cathy Cawood On the edge of Moegi-no-mura, right beside the forest, stands a fantastical carousel with galloping horses, a goat, a chicken..
