11 Activities Night-time Ohanami: Asuwa Riverbank Takako Sakamoto After a long hibernation in snow, people in Fukui finally wake up and venture out of their comfortable nests to do just one thing...
12 Seasonal Daytime Ohanami on Asuwa Riverbank Takako Sakamoto After a long hibernation, people in Fukui finally wake up and venture out their comfortable nests to do just one thing: Enjoy ..
13 Outdoors Fukui: Kojiro Falls Takako Sakamoto Kojiro Falls in Fukui: the place where Sasaki Kojiro, the famous Japanese swordsman, gave birth to his lethal technique, 'Swallow..
8 Seasonal 1000 Cherry Trees at a Glance Takako Sakamoto '1000 Cherry Trees at a glance' along Shiroishi River in Miyagi. The beautiful scenery of 1000 cherry trees linin the ..
12 Outdoors Fukui Ski Jam Katsuyama Takako Sakamoto Fukui is snow country. And what you can find in a snow country is of course, a ski resort. Fukui has a great one, 'Ski Jam Katsuyama'...
Activities Tokyo Tocho Observation Deck Takane Shoji Curious to see Tokyo's nightscape from the 45th floor of a government building? Head to Tokyo Tocho Observation Deck!
Activities Kitte Marunouchi Takane Shoji Resurrected in its original red-brick style, the historic Tokyo Station is a reminder that the past still lives vividly in the heart..
Camping & Trekking Climbing Mount Ontake - 1 Steve Morton mountain setting, I headed for `Kiso-koma-ga-take` in the Kiso valley, Nagano