Activities Yokohama Museum of Tin Toys Museum, Yamate Shinya Ota On a quiet side road from Yamate street at the corner of Yokohama Christ Church, there is a wonderful museum of tin toys. If you..
Activities Yoshioka Town Ogura Grape Orchards Rufus Starbuck Should you find yourself in the Shibukawa area of Gunma from late August to late October it is grape season and there are larg..
Activities Takuhi Shrine Rory Jackson On Nishinoshima's highest mountain, Mt Takuhi, sits the island's oldest shrine, the Takuhi-Jinja. It's a 15 minute walk..
Accommodation Sunroute Nara Hotel Featured Nara is a relatively small city that has several options when it comes to deciding on a place to stay. One of these places is Hotel..
Activities Chatan Shokudou Michael Flemming I'm often surprised by the plain English translations that unique sounding Japanese restaurant names have. The Chatan Shok..
Food Pierre Herme's Bar Chocolat Selena Hoy Cake lovers delight! Pierre Hermé's Bar Chocolat is a celebration of cake, pastries, and sweets. Pierre Hermé is one of ..
Culture Nasu Sessho-seki Rock Tomoko Kamishima Sessho-seki Rock is a horrible legendary rock. There is a bleak and desolate track of land, called “the dry riverbed of the Sa..
Planning The King Clinic Hannah Warren Visiting a doctor is never super high on my list of things I want to do, but it is even less appealing when the experience requires..