Historical Takatori Castle Ruins in Nara Bryan Baier Nara's Takatori Castle Ruins, Japan's largest mountain castle, is both a fantasy world realized and a spectacular Japanese..
6 Gardens & Parks Venus Bridge, Kobe Manish Prabhune A rather secluded but equally beautiful location is the Venus Bridge in Kobe.
12 Gardens & Parks Naruto Park, Tokushima Takako Sakamoto Naruto Park is located at the foot of the Great Naruto Bridge (on Tokushima side). As soon as you cross it, you are already inside..
10 Gardens & Parks Kyoto Nanzen-ji’s Hojo Garden Tomoko Kamishima Autumn comes to Nanzen-ji Temple in late November. The beauty of the colorful leaves took my breath away. The head priests of Nanzen-ji..
10 Temples & Shrines Shisendo Temple's Hermitage Garden Bonson Lam Jozan Ishikawa became a hermit and a poet, and retired amongst the manicured gardens of Shisendo, which he constructed after falling..
24 Gardens & Parks Ashikaga Flower Park in the Spring Elena Lisina Ashikaga Flower Park is famous for many fuji trees and other flowers that are blooming in May, so the park looks like paradise.
Gardens & Parks Summer in Kumamoto Castle Yolanda Marta Kartika Kumamoto Castle, a magnificent castle located in southern Japan and is the pride of Kyushu has never lost its charm in any season...
Gardens & Parks Shimabara Castle Mandy Bartok Learn about the Shimabara peninsula's revolutionary ties to Christianity at the museum in the main keep of Shimabara Castle.
