12 Seasonal Winter at Lake Onuma Peter Sidell Half an hour from Hakodate on Japan's Hokkaido island, in winter Lake Onuma freezes over and the whole area is deeply blan..
7 Seasonal Hinase and Mushiage Oyster Markets Judith Mikami A great place to buy, eat and cook fresh oysters in season. Hinase in Bizen City and Mushiage in Setouchi City hold festivals and..
Outdoors Echigo-Tsumari Art Field 2019 Winter “SNOWART” 2019 Jan 19th - Mar 24th 2019 Past Event Introducing the annual Echigo-Tsumari Snow Art Project in snow country Niigata where visitors can appreciate art installations and..
8 Seasonal Plum Blossoms at Yushima Tenjin Leslie Taylor Although the coming cherry blossom season is undoubtedly the main event of the year in Japan, the plum blossom season is not t..
11 Outdoors Ice Monsters in Zao Onsen Nicole Bauer Every winter, in the well-known ski resort Zao Onsen in Yamagata Prefecture, you can witness the creation of the very rare and truly..
7 Winter Sports Zao is Snow Monster Paradise Josef Diermair One ski place I like a lot is Zao. Located in the north, on the border between Yamagata Prefectureand Miyagi Prefecture, it's..
9 Seasonal Beautiful, Overlooked Sakura Spots Samantha Lau Sakura spots hidden from the tourist eye in Kobayashi, Chiba.
12 Seasonal Sewari Zutsumi Cherry Blossoms Cathy Cawood 1.4 km of cherry trees at Sewari Zutsumi in Yawata-shi might be the best place in Kyoto to enjoy cherry blossoms.