Culture Hara Model Railway Museum, Yokohama Harumi Inouye The Hara Museum in Yokohama features model railway collections of Nobutaro Hara. This is a relatively new museum but very popular..
Food Takasaki Style Okonomiyaki Hollie Mantle A restaurant with an unusual variety of okonomiyaki flavors; from pizza and curry through to cheeseburger infused monja and okonomiyaki..
Culture See the Historic City of Sawara Joe Peters Spend a few hours sightseeing in Sawara - easily reachable from Narita Airport or downtown Tokyo
Beauty & Spa Scenic Kawaguchiko Andrew Checkley Of the five lakes cooling Mt. Fuji’s toes, Kawaguchiko is the most popular and most developed.
Transportation Chiba Urban Monorail Todd Wojnowski The Chiba Urban Monorail is a major source of transportation within Chiba Prefecture, and the Guinness Record holder as the longest..
Food Ishin Tsukemen Restaurant in Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck Two ramen shops on R17 in Yuzawa. One offers traditional ramen, the other tsukemen with the soup and noodles separate. The noodles..
Accommodation The Italia Ken Hotel in Niigata Tomoko Kamishima The Italia Ken, a long-established hotel located in Niigata city’s famous old district, Furumachi, still keeps its unique flav..
Activities Shirakami-sha Shrine Paul Walsh A shrine has stood at Shirakami for well over 400 years ago, but its roots date back further; to a time when the sea reached as..