Activities Old Town Yamaga Mandy Bartok Old Town Yamaga's main street - the Buzen Way - retains the feel of the Edo Period with its whitewashed rice storehouses a..
15 Outdoors Tohoku's Massive Unknown Cave Justin Velgus Abukuma-do Cave is one of the biggest tourist caves in Japan, yet it remains relatively unknown by non-Japanese. For a true adventure,..
Activities Toilet!? Human Waste & Earth's Future 2015-2016 Dec 11th 2015 - Jan 11th 2016 Past Event Japan does it again. Turning the most vile of subjects into something cute. Our Poop and the Future of the World (トイレ？行っ..
Activities All the Ways of Falling Bonson Lam Fall in love all over again this autumn and rediscover the ancient traditions of Momiji-gari, from woodblock prints to Kyoto sweets,..
Aquarium & Zoo Chikozan Park Children's Zoo Sarah Chaney Visit the children's zoo within Chikozan Park in Sayama City of Saitama Prefecture. You can touch animals such as guinea pigs..
Activities Tochigi Prefectural Bldg Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa At the top of Kencho, 15F, you can dine at Jyugoya, the Japanese restaurant, for Y1,000. Lunch is 11 to 4, coffee time 2:30 to..
11 Outdoors Mount Mitsu-toge, a Fabulous Hike Nicole Bauer On a fantastic clear day in the middle of July, my husband and I went for a 1-day hike in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. W..