Culture Ryotanji Temple Katrina Webber At over 1200 years old, Ryotanji Temple is a well-established temple with an interesting history, beautiful grounds, and a famous..
Culture Hodosan Jinja (Mt. Hodo Shrine) Featured Hodosan Jinja in Nagatoro, Saitama - providing spiritual solace for 2000 years, with a dash of color thrown in
Culture Filling the belly in Nagatoro Featured Nagatoro in Saitama is known for many things - not least its culinary delights. Fill the belly, get the souvenirs and all with locally..
Food Copio Gelato Shop in Ushimado Judith Mikami Handmade gelato shop located at the top of Ushimado mountaintop, looking over the Seto Inland Sea. Using local ingredients with..
Activities Okushiri Island Matt Stormont For visitors to Hokkaido really looking to get away from it all, a visit to Okushiri island off Hokkaido’s west coast should b..
Culture Night Dances at Takachiho Shrine Erin Fitzgerald The Yokagura dances, a tradition passed down for hundreds of years. Gods and goddesses come to life!
Activities Oizumi Ryokuchi Park Aries Lucea Residents of Sakai are gifted with so many beautiful parks. Oizumi Ryokuchi Park is a 95-hectare park, said to have more than 300,000..
Shopping Hondori Shopping Ciara Long Hondori St. is a roofed arcade containing shops of every kind from cheap and cheerful to branded and expensive along with numerous..