8 Gardens & Parks British Consular Residence Tomoko Kamishima The reinforced concrete building next to Minato-no-mieru-oka Koen Park used to be the British Consular Residence in Yokohama. It..
8 Gardens & Parks Yamate No.234 Tomoko Kamishima A private enterprise built an apartment house at Yamate No.234 for the purpose of coaxing back foreigners to devastated Yokohama,..
10 Temples & Shrines Serene Kita-Kamakura's Meigetsu-in Temple Josef Diermair Meigetsu-in, a small temple located in North-kamakura, has a really nice window.The window is round, which in Buddhist terminology..
7 Historical Kamakura’s Jomyoji-ji Temple Steve Morton While most people flock to Kamakura’s more centrally located attractions, many great cultural gems including Jomyoji-ji temple..
9 Gardens & Parks Yokohama's Beautiful Lotus Pond Larry Knipfing Visit the beautiful lotus ponds at Yokohama's Sankei-en Garden in mid-summer. Early mornings are best when all is serene and..
9 Historical Berrick Hall Tomoko Kamishima Berrick Hall should properly be called a mansion: It's very big, has a beautiful garden and a large party room. The interior..
9 Historical Yokohama Yamate No.111 Tomoko Kamishima In 1926 an American businessman, Thomas Melvin Laffin, built a house for his just-married son, John Edward. They asked J.H. Morgan..
10 Temples & Shrines Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Josef Diermair Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine is a small shrine compared to Kyoto-size shrines, but charming and very alive.