10 Outdoors Riding out to Ankoku-ji Michelle Ishiki Gifu Prefecture's only designated National Treasure, Ankoku-ji, is located in northern Takayama. A great destination for cycling,..
8 Outdoors Climbing Mt. Kasagatake C. Rio I have long since known of the beauty of Oze National park, but it wasn't until very recently that I realized how close I ..
8 Camping & Trekking Going up to Sennokuro-san C. Rio I had long wanted to try my hand at multi-day hiking in this area, but was unsure of what to expect (shelter and water wise), as..
Outdoors Kesennuma Kite Festival 2019 Sep 29th 2019 Past Event The Kessenuma Kite Festival is an annual event where not only local enthusiasts, but kite associations and spectators as far as..
Activities Exploring Hara Museum of Contemporary Art [Closed] Hannah Warren Hara Bijitsukan is a small museum of contemporary art housed in a mansion in the back streets of Shinagawa. About a fifteen-minute..
7 Camping & Trekking Hotakasan Above the Clouds C. Rio Flanked on all sides by ski resorts, Hotakasan rises high above Minakami and pierces through the clouds. From the peak you ca..
Activities Takamasa Onagawa Honten Justin Velgus Takamasa Onagawa Honten is a half working factory, half store headquarters specializing in Kamaboko. Kamaboko is pureed white ..