Activities Ohirasan Prefectural Natural Park Sakura Festival Kim Bergström Each year around the early April timeframe, Tochigi's Ōhirasan Prefectural Natural Park hosts a cherry blossom festival to..
Activities Cooking Classes near Tokyo Skytree Featured Visit one of Tokyo's traditional downtown areas for a cooking or culture class with Shitamachi Yoitoko.
Activities Sakura Season at the Yunoko Cherry Line Kim Bergström There are plenty of beautiful parks and gardens filled to the brim with cherry blossoms during spring, but if you're after a..
Activities Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway The Mount Fuji Panoramic Ropeway (富士山パノラマロープウェイ) carries visitors 400 meters up from the eastern shore of Lake Kawaguchi (Kawaguchi-ko)..
10 Activities More of Okayama Kirin Beer Park Luc Gougeon Okayama Kirin Beer park and one stop location to learn about the process of beverage manufacturing as well as getting to taste the..
Activities Takamasa Onagawa Honten Justin Velgus Takamasa Onagawa Honten is a half working factory, half store headquarters specializing in Kamaboko. Kamaboko is pureed white ..
Activities Three Blind Mice Bonson Lam This is the story of how three foreigners, who can’t read a word of Japanese, motorbiked their way up to Kyoto and around Lake..
Activities Yonezawa Meat Summer Festival Justin Velgus The Yonezawa Meat Festival in Yamagata is an annual gathering of over 1000 people that descend upon the Mogami River edge to feast..