Activities A Day at Tokyo's Contemporary Art Museum Dmitry Rakin Even if you have never ever heard about any Japanese artist, but want to see what all the fuss is about, a great place to start..
Food Bar Stretto di Mano Carrie Jacobs Set back from the street with large windows and soft lighting, my curiosity was piqued when I stopped to peer in the windows of..
Culture Rokkakudo Reborn Elysse Hurtado At the northern tip of Ibaraki lies a series of rocky inlets facing the Pacific Ocean renowned for their physical beauty, and their..
Activities The Futara-san Shrines of Nikko Tomoko Kamishima Nikko Futara-san Shrine proper is huge, and includes the peaks of the Nikko mountain range, Kegon-no-taki Falls, Iroha-zaka slope,..
Activities Rose Season at Jindai Garden Miwa Kaneoya Rose Fiesta 2012 Spring at Jindai Botanical Gardens. You can see many beautiful roses in this season in Tokyo.
Culture Shuri-jo Castle Peter Sidell A blend of Japanese and Chinese cultures, Shuri-jo castle was the seat of Ryukyuan royalty before the Okinawan islands became part..
Culture Magome-juku Justin Dart Magome-juku, in modern day Nakatsugawa City, was the 43rd station on the Nakasendo, a post road that connected Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto..
Culture Yokohama Daisekai Featured At the center of Yokohama’s Chinatown, in front of the Tencho-mon gate, stands the eight-story entertainment unit Yokohama Dai..