Festivals Kurokawa Noh Performance Alena Eckelmann The two Noh groups of the village, Kami-za and Shimo-za, perform Noh a
Culture Big Bang Children's Museum Mary Kawai The Heartipia Electrical Zoo allows visitors to transform a drawing into
Culture Hakodate's Motomachi Area Matt Stormont my 5 year old so we hurried on to Motomachi park (avoid the joke of a “zoo
Museums Takaoka Kojo Park in Winter Jonathan Perry On the south side of the park, Takaoka Zoo (free admission) is always popular
Museums National Museum of Western Art Todd Wojnowski in Ueno Park among a collection of other museums and the famous Ueno Zoo
Historical Izu Shuzen-ji Temple in Summer Tomoko Kamishima It says “Kohuku-zan” and indicates a hope that large amounts of happiness
Historical Kita-kamakura’s Jochi-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima For example, 寳所在近 (Ho-sho-zai-kin) is the word displayed on the main gate
Historical Ikegami Honmonji in Ota, Tokyo Todd Wojnowski This is the "Kyo zo," which stores the entire Buddhist canon on