10 Camping & Trekking The Snow Country Trail Rufus Starbuck A 280 kilometer hiking trail that loops around the Snow Country area crossing into Niigata, Gunma and Nagano.
8 Activities Lovers' Paradise, Yokohama Bayside Takako Sakamoto Yokohama Bayside area is lovers' paradise. There are couples, couples, couples everywhere.
Activities Koriyama Castle Cherry Blossoms Erin Fitzgerald For the cherry blossom season, the site of Koriyama Castle explodes into gentle pink beauty for Oshiro Matsuri, or the Castle Festival...
Activities 4 Ways to Ring in Sakura Season in Japan Kim Bergström As the cherry blossoms bloom and spring arrives in Japan, there are countless ways to immerse yourself in the season beyond simply..
Activities Nikko’s Akechi-daira Ropeway Tomoko Kamishima Akechi-daira (明智平) is the best viewpoint of the nature of Nikko. Here, you can hold all of Mt. Nantai, Kegon-no-taki Falls,..
Sports & Fitness Chiba Lotte Marines Museum Todd Wojnowski The Marines Museum is a reverent tribute to the Chiba Lotte Marines, a pro baseball team in Japan's Pacific League.
18 Outdoors Hiking Mt. Misen in Miyajima Island Jemma King Mt. Misen is the highest place on Miyajima Island and on a clear day provides breathtaking views of the Seto Inland Sea. Breathtaking..
8 Camping & Trekking The scenery of Shukutsu R.S. Reynolds I visit the Shukutsu region of Otaru, Hokkaido