Historical Nikko’s Taiyu-in Mausoleum Tomoko Kamishima At Taiyu-in we can feel a deep and holy silence. If you hope to see the details of this wonderful temple at your own slow pace,..
Historical Tosho-gu Shrine's Secret Magic - 3 Tomoko Kamishima Enshu secretly introduced various Western styles into Tosho-gu. The three main techniques he used in there were: Perspective, ..
Culture Utsunomiya Futaarayama Shrine Maren Pauli Visit Utsunomiya Futaarayama Shrine, step up the huge stone stairs and see where the development of the city started about 1600..
10 Culture A Visit to Tamozawa Imperial Villa Ekaterina Bespyatova A photo-visit to Tamozawa Imperial Villa, former imperial residence in Nikko. It is a large traditional residence surrounded by..
Culture Experience Rural Tourism in Otawara Featured With great anticipation, we took the Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Ohtawara.
Historical Nikko’s Kanman-ga-fuchi Walk Tomoko Kamishima There is a great, short walking course in Nikko that leads to the deep Kanman-gafuchi gulch on the Daiya River. It starts from the..
Culture Discover Watarase-yusuichi Samuel Patrick Thomas A natural landscape crafted as a collaboration of human ingenuity and nature
8 Culture Zengan-ji Temple in Utsunomiya Peter Sidell Not far from Utsunomiya's JR station in Japan's Tochigi prefecture, Zengan-ji is a peaceful Buddhist temple, home to an..