10 Arts & Crafts Hakone Narukawa Art Museum Tomoko Kamishima The observatory lounge of the Hakokne Narukawa Art Museum has a breathtaking view of the best combination of Ashino-ko Lake and..
Museums Kakiemon Pottery Showroom Miriam Thielen Vaz Dias Kakiemon is a tradition of potters, starting with Sakaida Kakiemon and currently managed by his fourteenth descendant, who is a..
Museums Panning for Gold in Sumita Jonathan Grogan Try your hand at panning for gold in Sumita's river beds or at the Folk History Information Center.
10 Museums Hakone Museum of Art, Garden Tomoko Kamishima The moss garden of the Hakone Museum of Art becomes a hidden paradise in mid-November. 130 kinds of moss cover the garden, showing..
11 Museums Meguro Parasitological Museum Justin Velgus The Meguro Parasitological Museum is creepy, grotesque, and pure awesome. There are jars full of creatures that look like they..
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..
13 Historical Kakegawa Take-no-Maru Peter Sidell In the castle town of Kakegawa in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, the Take-no-Maru is a beautiful, traditional old residence, with..
Museums Museum of Modern Art Tokyo - MOMAT Sue Ann Kunath The Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (MOMAT) has an interesting collection of modern Art pieces in Japan since the Meiji Period.