Activities The Old Inn Village of Akasawa-Juku Cathy Cawood Once a popular destination for travelers and pilgrims visiting Mount Minobu, the inn village of Akasawa-Juku is preserved as a fragment of old Japan.
Activities A Visit to the Kushigaki Village of Katsuragi Alena Eckelmann A local volunteer guide should us around the Kushigaki villages.
Activities How to Go Fishing in Shirakawa-go Christian Adams Fishing in Shirakawa-go isn’t advertised, explained, or made easy, but it is possible!
Activities Moss Phlox and Nemophila at Sera Kogen Flower Village Kim Bergström Hiroshima's Sera Kogen Flower Village is home to a number of different events throughout the year, but during spring is when the venue really comes alive
Activities Nihon Minka-en Folk House Museum Eriko Fukui In fact these houses are the same as those in the historic villages of... Shirakawa-go and Gokayama, the well known world heritage-listed sites.
Outdoors Miyama, Kyoto’s Mountain Retreat Cathy Cawood Stay in a thatched village farmhouse and explore the natural beauty of the seasons and traditional rural culture in Kyoto Miyama.
Activities 119 Years of Ebisukō Fireworks Emi Takahata region takes time, but on this short one-night trip I visited Chikuhoku Village... Chikuhoku Village, home to about 4,700 residents, sits between Nagano City