Activities Toyama's Snow Wall Sheila Burt Toyama’s Yuki-no-Otani officially opens to the public in the spring, with snow walls approaching 20 meters in height.
Activities Naegi Castle Ruins Justin Dart Naegi castle, the High Forest Castle, sat on top of a huge boulder over looking the Kiso Rive for 339 years. Only the foundation..
Food Cosmos Farm Michelle Ishiki Cosmos Farm provides organic and vegan friendly foods to the traveler or resident
Beauty & Spa Snow Monkeys Taking an Onsen Adeline Ong Viewing snow monkeys enjoying a warm bath in a natural hot spring
Shopping Rice Cracker Kingdom in Niigata Alena Eckelmann Niigata Prefecture is the top rice cracker producer in Japan. "Senbei Okoku" is located in Nizaki near Niigata Airport. The "Kingdom..
Culture Nunoike Cathedral Chris Glenn Nunoike is Nagoya and Central Japan's largest Catholic Cathedral, with a Gothic Revivalist architectural style and 50m belfries..
Beauty & Spa Kuraya Onsen "Onpoi no Yu" Justin Dart Let the day drain away at Kuraya Onsen, a great day spa with Japanese cypress baths filled with silky hot spring water right off..
Area Gero Onsen Slipping into a hot spring is a common practice in Japan. Gero City, located two hours north of Gifu City, one hour east of Nakatsugawa and one hour south of Takayama, is famous for its onsens..