10 Seasonal Shukkeien Plum Blossoms Paul Walsh "Ume" plum blossoms provide welcome color and cheer in the cold winter months. In Hiroshima, there is no better place to enjoy them..
Activities Escape to Ome Featured Ome, an hour's ride from central Tokyo, welcomes you with lush greenery and surrounding mountains. But the catch is, you're..
Online Activities Hiroshima Animation Festival 2020 Aug 20th - 24th 2020 Past Event Hiroshima's biennial animation festival, introduced on the 40th anniversary of the atomic bomb, promoting the spirit of 'Love..
Activities Destination Ohara Cathy Cawood Cycling from Kyoto to Ohara makes for a very pleasant day out!
Camping & Trekking Seki-Juku and Jizo-in Temple Chris Glenn The best preserved of 53 post stations on the Old Tokaido is Seki-Juku. Houses, shops and temples from the middle ages remain as..
Activities Fuji TV Ash This futuristic building, designed by Kenzo Tange, was the first landmark to appear after the government's plan to make Odaiba..
Sports & Fitness The Sports Shrine and One Lucky God Justin Velgus A shrine known as the "Sports Shrine" is a shrine in Kameito, Tokyo. It is also part of a seven lucky gods pilgrimage.
6 Outdoors Mt. Sarakura Eitetsu Terakado Mt. Sarakura, at 622 meters high, provides beautiful night views of Kitakyushu.