13 Outdoors Sunflowers in Haguro Hannah Warren These fields in Haguro are bursting with beautiful sunflowers.
7 Outdoors Walking in the Shadow of Tanigawa C. Rio This section of the Snow Country Trail follows the old Route 291. In its heyday, this was one of the main trade routes from t..
10 Outdoors Hakone's Shojin-ike Pond Tomoko Kamishima Early in the morning, Shojin-ike Pond is exactly like a mirror. No sound, no waves, and no stream. So beautiful!
Seasonal Where to Find Cherry Blossoms in Urasa Kim Bergström There are many well-established spots across Japan to view cherry blossoms in the spring months, such as Ueno Park and Shinjuku..
6 Outdoors Nikko's Lovely White Birch Larry Knipfing This story focuses on a simple thing of beauty--the white birch. There are many in Nikko, especially in Senjogahara and Odajirogahara,..
9 Outdoors Picking Mountain Vegetables Tomoaki Sato Picking mountain vegetables for dinner? Sansai treasure hunting in the Yamagata mountains
10 Outdoors The Sunpu Park's Huge Pond Tyra 'nell Pille-Lu Enjoy the kiss of tranquility along the huge pond outside Sunpu Park where one can marvel at the calmness of the place or be surrounded..
9 Camping & Trekking Nichinan Town a Mountaintop Retreat Judith Mikami A mountaintop town on the border of Okayama prefecture and Tottori prefecture. Nichinan town is a quiet retreat that will capture..