14 Temples & Shrines Zodiac Statues at a Buddhist Temple Cathy Cawood Cute statues representing each animal of the Chinese Zodiac at a temple in Machida.
11 Museums Doll Warehouse in Shiroishi Justin Velgus The Doll Warehouse in Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, are actually two Edo era warehouses stuffed full of traditional dolls and some..
Traditional Koto Performance Reynald Ventura This is a six-minute film of a koto performance by Fusako Watanabe.
6 Festivals In Photos: Karatsu Kunchi Festival Mandy Bartok The Karatsu Kunchi festival promises massive floats, exuberant parades and free-flowing sake in the streets of one of Saga's..
Arts & Crafts Ise Katagami Museum Jeanne Austry Ise katagami is an ancient Japanese craft where paper stencil were used to create ornaments on kimono and clothes.
7 Traditional Visiting Odawara Castle Shehzad Lokhandwalla Built in the 1400s by Hojo Soun, Odawara Castle was taken down in the 1800s, then reconstructed in 1960 and remains today.
12 Museums Tokyo's Imperial Palace East Garden Peter Sidell Inside the Imperial Palace's moat, the east garden gives you a both a tranquil green space to relax beside its pond, and a lookout..
Sanja Matsuri Festival 2016 Jeradyne Cheong The Sanja Matsuri festival held in May in Asakusa every year is one of the wildest and most popular festivals in Tokyo. It cel..