7 Culture The Waka Poetry Garden - Rikugien Joe Peters Almost 88,000 square meters of a strolling, mountain, and pond garden makes a great place to spend a sunny couple of hours. Enjoy..
Culture Rikugien (Riku Garden) Stroll Joe Peters A nice garden for a gentle stroll around the pond in the Waka Poetry garden, Rikugien in Tokyo
Culture National Museum of Western Art Todd Wojnowski National Museum of Western Art in Ueno Park, Tokyo, is the premier collection of art from the Western tradition in Japan. It hosts..
Shopping The Travels of Isabella Bird: I Amber Mezbourian Isabella Bird arrived in Japan in 1878 and planned an ambitious journey from Tokyo to Hokkaido - the first western woman to travel..
9 Culture Shinjuku Gyoen in Full Bloom Nicole Bauer I love Shinjuku Gyoen in Tokyo at any time of the year, but the cherry blossom season is certainly a highlight.
10 Culture Shinjuku Gyoen - Cherry Blossoms Susan Tumanon Another popular cherry blossom spot is the Shinjuku Gyoen. The park grounds are spacious and Japanese garden landscapes are beautiful...
12 Culture Witness a Japanese Wedding Photo Spot: Kanda Myojin... Larry Knipfing The land it occupies is some of the most expensive in Japan, but Kanda Myojin still somehow feels like a friendly neighborhood shrine,..
Shopping Aoyama Square Miyoko Kokubo The Japan Traditional Crafts Aoyama Square is a kind of a traditional crafts showroom and a great place to buy some quality souvenirs..
