Historical Cultural Exploration in Hofu City Veronica Carnevale Hofu City rests along the Seto Inland Sea and is just south of Yamaguchi City. This small city features immaculately preserved structures..
Museums The Original Matsumoto Castle Leslie Taylor Matsumoto Castle in Nagano Prefecture is not only one of Japan's most beautiful castles, but it is also one of the few originals,..
Historical Shirakawa-Go Village Michael Mighty Highlights of the Shirakawa-Go Village in Gifu Prefecture.
Historical Kappa Monster Hunting in Tono Justin Velgus Kappa monsters can supposedly be found over Japan, but there is one place where they said to be so common they are immortalized..
Historical Kyoto Eikan-do Temple Tomoko Kamishima Eikan-do Ttemple has fascinating vertical corridors that bring visitors on an excursion up and down and around the entire temp..
Historical Yakushima - Jomon Sugi Chris Cooper Follow a forest trek leading to Jomon Sugi, a magnificent beast of a tree that is 2000 - 7000 years old
Historical Buddha Hill in Makomanai Mar'yana Kovalchuk Designed by the Pritzker-winner architect Tadao Ando, this is a sanctuary of peace and meditation.
Museums Nijo Castle: Former Imperial Residence Katrina Webber Built under the order of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Nijo-jo has served as the home of the Tokugawa shogun, an Imperial property, and is now..