Culture The "White Rock" of Shiroishi City Justin Velgus The city name of Shiroishi City in Miyagi Prefecture literally translates to "White Rock". While it is to be expected that there..
Culture Raku Museum in Kyoto Elena Lisina The Raku Museum is dedicated to a unique style of ceramics with a 450-year history. The appearance of the 'raku' style is..
Beauty & Spa Spa Kacho Mai Shoji The Westin Miyako Kyoto hotel in Kyoto offers some of the city's most relaxing spa and well-being experiences. Spa Kacho has..
Activities Valley of Gangala & Cave Cafe Bonson Lam Origins is what this cave is about. Archaeologists have discovered remains of the Minato-gawa Man from the Palaeolithic Era from..
Food Fruit Farm Kato: Food Camp 2021 Tom Roseveare The Food Camp series of Fukushima experiences brings farm and table as close as they can get, with fine dining in the fields and..
Culture 👽 Japan’s “UFO” Style Traffic Signals to Go “Lights... Justin Velgus Around the early 1980s some narrow residential intersections in Japan were equipped with uniquely-shaped traffic signals affectionally..
Culture Kosugi Hoan Museum of Art, Nikko Peter Sidell Close to the famous red bridge in Nikko, in northern Japan's Tochigi prefecture, the Kosugi Hoan Museum of Art is dedicated..
Culture Mitsumine Shrine, Mt. Mitsumine Rey Waters Saitama Prefecture mountain worshiping shrine with emphasis on the extinct Japanese Wolf.