13 Gardens & Parks Maiko Park Takako Sakamoto At the foot of the Great Akashi Strait Bridge (aka: Pearl Bridge), Maiko Park spreads out alongside the sea. Here, you can also..
Culture Kanazawa Teramachi Peter Sidell In the historical town of Kanazawa in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture, Teramachi is a peaceful temple district, home to dozens of..
7 Culture Walking around Shinjuku Shehzad Lokhandwalla Shinjuku is a major commercial center and is well known for its skyscrapers, and there is no doubt that Shinjuku station is one..
10 Temples & Shrines Shinagawa Shrine Karin Wu A shrine is usually dedicated to one deity, but one can pray for many different aspects of life here.
Arts & Crafts Maximizing the Fun in Ikaruga-Cho Featured Ikaruga-cho is a town in Nara Prefecture. It’s most famous for Horyuji Temple, home of the world’s oldest wooden buildings.
6 Gardens & Parks Heian Shrine Garden Mandy Bartok The Heian Jingu Garden - known as the Shin'en - is a delight in all seasons for its ponds, stepping stone paths and moon viewing..
Temples & Shrines Tokyo Jinja Good Luck Tour Guillaume Doré The Tokyo jinja good luck tour will bring you to eight different shrines across Tokyo, doing so, you can collect the shuin of each..
7 Street & Urban Tokyo Tower at Night-time Manish Prabhune The Skytree may have replaced the Tokyo Tower as a transmissions tower, but it still continues to have its place in our hearts,..