8 Outdoors Yame Central Tea Garden Mandy Bartok Wander the fields of Yame Central Tea Garden in Fukuoka Prefecture for a close-up look at tea production
7 Outdoors Wilderness of Nakatsu Shehzad Lokhandwalla Ever wanted a getaway from the busy city life, tall buildings and overcrowded streets? Nakatsu is the perfect place to relax and..
7 Outdoors Nikko's Beautiful Fields Larry Knipfing This story focuses on some of the large fields and marshlands in Nikko. They are wide and vast, and on this day quite misty--a special..
Water Sports Tiwal Japan in Hayama’s Kayak Race Meg Sing Hayama Sailing College’s hosts its annual kayak race at Morito Beach and Tiwal Japan gives people a chance to try out its begi..
10 Outdoors Sennokuro-san Summit C. Rio Day two of my hike up Sennokuro-san was greeted with clear skies and calm air. My first task upon rising was to descend 100 meters..
12 Camping & Trekking Tamagawa Lake and Campgrounds Anonymous Tamagawa Lake and campgrounds lie in a pretty valley in the hills between Matsuyama and Imabari. The lake is formed by a rather..
13 Seasonal The Scarecrows of Kaminada L. MacLean Traditional, cute, and scary scarecrows can be found at Kaminada and other places in Ehime during the rice growing season.
10 Outdoors Nikko's Senju-ga-hama Beach Tomoko Kamishima After a 30-minute walk from Saino-ko Lake, we heard a lapping sound of wate at the unseen shore. A few minutes later, we were standing..
