10 Seasonal Plum Blossoms in Jomyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima When plum blossoms come out at Jomyo-ji Temple, I feel that spring has come to Kamakura. It might be a bit chilly, but I can smell..
12 Outdoors Nikko’s Yunoko Lake in Autumn Tomoko Kamishima If you want to avoid the busy places in Nikko, the Yunoko Lake area is a nice place to take a deep breath.
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..
11 Outdoors Tokamachi Snow Festival in Niigata Manish Prabhune The Tokamachi Snow Festival has snow sculptures, night time illumination and music shows in the quiet town of Tokamachi, Niigata
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.
8 Seasonal Cherry Blossoms around Shibakoen Featured With the perfect mixture of modern architecture and the natural beauty of the cherry blossoms, a walk around Shibakoen won't..
9 Seasonal Beautiful, Overlooked Sakura Spots Samantha Lau Sakura spots hidden from the tourist eye in Kobayashi, Chiba.
8 Seasonal Cherry Blossoms in Kamakura Peter Sidell Near Tokyo in Japan's Kanagawa prefecture, historic Kamakura is even more attractive than usual during cherry-blossom season,..