Food Meguruya: Classy Travelers' Café Tristan Scholze Meguruya is a classy traveler’s café in a 120-year-old home in the Yunotsu Hot Spring area, a World Heritage Site near the Iwa..
Beauty & Spa Tranquility in Kusatsu Brittany Rock Welcome to a village where the water steams and forms pools as it seeps from the ground around every corner. Considered among the..
Food Pain au Levain Mandy Bartok Pain au Levain is arguably one of Kumamoto's best bakeries, tucked out in the eastern part of the city just off the Kyushu expressway...
Activities Kawachi Wisteria Tunnels Tristan Scholze The wisteria tunnels and surrounding gardens of Kawachi Fuji-en draw flower enthusiasts from around the world each spring to Kitakyushu..
Shopping Budo-Kobo Wineglass Hall Cathy Cawood A wine-themed museum, wineglass store, cafe with famous raisin bread and a glass-craft studio in Katsunuma.
Activities Pilgrimage to Yoshimine-dera Bonson Lam Yoshimine Temple is number 20 of the 33 temples in the Saigoku or Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage. Founded in 1029, it remains a have..
Culture Carp Streamers in Rural Saga Mandy Bartok See carp streamers from below on a riverboat "cruise" in rural Saga.
Culture Plymouth House Ritsuko Maro The Plymouth House is part of an international village in Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture. There is a small museum of American..
