9 Outdoors Yubiso and its Year-round Beauty C. Rio For the past four years I have had the privilege of calling Yubiso home. This sleepy village on the edge of Minakami is the gateway..
Outdoors 5 Awesome Azalea Destinations in Japan Kim Bergström Japan is fortunate to have a wide array of springtime beauty to enjoy, and cherry blossoms are at the top of the must-see list for..
10 Seasonal Sapporo Snow Fest 2017 Victoria Vlisides 2017 Sapporo Snow Festival: A fan favorite was the Trump PPAP mashup sculpture.
6 Outdoors Kobe Airport Observation Deck Manish Prabhune Away from the high volume traffic of Kansai and Narita airports, Kobe Airport is relatively quiet and has a beautiful observation..
Outdoors Lake of the Dragon God in Naruko Justin Velgus Katanuma Lake, sometimes known as "Lake of the Dragon God", is a crater lake in Naruko, Miyagi Prefecture formed 1100 years ago..
11 Outdoors Kyoto Suiro-kaku Walk Tomoko Kamishima The Biwako Canal flows from Otsu to Kyoto and was built in 1890 with a beautiful brick-made bridge, Suiro-kaku in the precincts..
12 Camping & Trekking Hiking to the sulfurous Mt. Iwo R.S. Reynolds I hike the Tsutsujigahara Trail from Kawayu-Onsen all the way to Mt. Iwo in Eastern Hokkaido
8 Outdoors Deer to My Heart Anonymous Over one thousand deer wander freely throughout Nara. Most of them crowd around Nara Park.