Museums Matsue Castle Sasa Jancikic Matsue castle was a military building. There were no comforts or any kind of mirror rooms padded in silk. Main tower though offered..
Historical Hydrangeas at Saruhashi Cathy Cawood Saruhashi is a 1300 year old fairy-tale bridge, also known as the Monkey Bridge, in Otsuki City, Yamanashi. There is a pretty hydrangea..
Gardens & Parks Makino Botanical Gardens Nate Hill On top of Mount Godai (Godaisan) in Kochi City, overlooking Kochi Port, is the internationally recognized Makino Botanical Gardens...
9 Gardens & Parks Nagai Botanical Gardens John Carter When visiting the Osaka Natural History Museum I was pleasantly surprised to discover a botanical garden encompasses the building...
9 Gardens & Parks Ueno Park - Sakura Season Susan Tumanon I often see Ueno Park on Japanese TV whenever cherry blossom season approches. I decided to see what the buzz was all about.
14 Gardens & Parks Shimin no Mori & Flower Park Anonymous The people’s forest and flower park in Imabari is something of a throwback to the 1980s. Nevertheless, people continue to visi..
6 Gardens & Parks The Moss Garden at Saihoji Temple Mandy Bartok Saihoji's famed moss garden is worth the effort it takes to get to on the outer fringes of Kyoto
10 Historical Okayama Tokoen Kenji Chida A beautiful garden residence tucked away in the Kadotayashiki neighborhood of Okayama City.