Outdoors Cherry Blossom in Okinawa Japan Travel Okinawa's cherry blossoms are the first to bloom in Japan every year.
Activities Paantu Festival in Okinawa 2024 Early Oct Okinawa's Miyakojima island celebrates the Paantu festival – an ancient form of exorcism involving supernatural creatures, masks and a whole lot of mud
Activities Visiting Mikimoto Pearl Island Cathy Cawood On Mikimoto Pearl Island in Toba you can learn all about cultured pearls and Kokichi Mikimoto, the 'Pearl King'.
Outdoors Discovering Higashi-son, Okinawa Ryan Mannschreck With three strands, Blue, Green, and Eco tourism Higashi-son Okinawa weaves together a seafoam green tapestry of earth friendly tourism.
Outdoors Cat Island of Tashirojima Tom Roseveare Cat Island, otherwise known as Tashirojima, is located 50 min by ferry south of Miyagi's Ishinomaki area.
Outdoors Tokyo’s Treasure Islands Featured The eleven treasure islands off the coast of Tokyo are home to a variety of unique flora and fauna.
Activities Okinawa Health and Wellbeing Bonson Lam Okinawa is home to some of the world’s oldest and healthiest people, with 34 centenarians per 100,000 people.
14 Activities The Mysterious Island of Oshima Elena Lisina Oshima is one of the many islands of Matsushima.