Activities Oktoberfest 2013 Yokohama Shinya Ota The autumn is here. And Oktoberfest has come back again this year to Akarenga or Red Brick Warehouse. It is the 12th event since..
Accommodation Sekizenkan Ryokan Aline Laborde If you are after an authentic Japanese hot spring experience, Sekizenkan Ryokan, an ‘onsen ryokan’, should be one of your top ..
Activities The Nippon-maru, Sail Exhibit Shinya Ota The Nippon-maru, a sailing ship is berthed at the former site of No.1 dock of the shipyard, now the Nippon-maru memorial park near..
12 Culture Senso-ji Temple at Asakusa Yoshiko Toyama Senso-ji is one of the oldest temples in Tokyo. Since the beginning of the Edo era, many people come here. The New Year's holidays..
6 Food Mooncake Etsuko Yamada Do you like the Chinese sweets called Moon Cake? I recommend that you buy them during the mid-autumn festival season in Yokohama..
10 Culture Tokyo no Kage: Shadows in the City Allan Murphy "Drinking from an empty cup" is a Zen koan, a phrase to meditate on, along the lines of having something that isn't there...
18 Culture Tokyo Game Show: 2013 Report Hannah Warren Tokyo Game Show is the largest annual gaming convention in Asia. In 2013 it attracted a record number of exhibitions by 352 or..
9 Culture Itabashi festival Shehzad Lokhandwalla Japan has many street festivals in which a particular area of the city is set up with several attractions like stalls that sell..
