8 Seasonal Hanegi Park, Umegaoka Nicole Bauer Hanegi Park, a small public park in western Tokyo, is a prime spot for plum blossom viewing.
10 Camping & Trekking Hiking in Nikko in the Rain Larry Knipfing This story focuses on hiking in the rain: Senjogahara, Odajirogahara, Yuno-ko Lake and other places. The people I met along the..
10 Camping & Trekking Winter Climbing Komagatake C. Rio A few winters ago, I was recruited by my climbing buddy to explore one of the valleys below Komagatake. It was to be a three day..
6 Seasonal Sunday Afternoon at Kyoto City Hall Mohd Shazni Zainal Kyoto City Hall may sound like a typical old building that you may visit during your trip. But check out what's happening outside..
11 Seasonal Illumination at Tokyo Dome Valerie Kor Tokyo Dome has one of the most impressive illumination displays this winter!
12 Seasonal Yokohama Kisha-michi Promenade Tomoko Kamishima Yokohama Kisha-michi, Sakura-michi Promenade: Comfortable waterfront walking path lined with cherry blossoms
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..
8 Winter Sports GALA Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck An iconic Japanese ski resort with a bullet train station right at the base of the resort. For a day trip to the snow from Tokyo,..