Museums Mikimoto Pearls Chris Glenn Just off the coast of Toba City in Mie Prefecture is Mikimoto Pearl Island, where the world’s first cultured pearls were creat..
10 Temples & Shrines A Day at Ise Jingu Benjamin Stock A collection of photos from Ise Jingu during the busy New Year's season
Historical Maruyama Senmaida Chris Glenn Senmaida means “One Thousand Rice Paddies”, but there are over 1,300 terraced paddies of all shapes & sizes cut into the hills..
Museums Osatsu Ama San, Woman Diver Museum Chris Glenn If you’ve ever seen the James Bond movie “You Only Live Twice”, you may remember scenes of the traditional Japanese white clot..
12 Culture Iseshima: Location 2016 G7 Summit Sarah Chaney Affectionately reffered to as "Oise-san," I visited Ise Shrine before the G7 summit in May. Although there are are over 120 shrines..
Culture Muslim-friendly Tour in Ise-Shima Dwinda Nafisah Answering the rising number of foreign tourists, Mie Prefecture Government, especially Ise-Shima, is hoping that the tourists coming..
