Temples & Shrines Kamikochi Hodaka Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Hodaka Shrine, situated alongside Kamikochi’s Myojin Pond, has a special Shinto ritual on October 8 every year, to offer up pr..
Culture Tamago Festival 2022 Oct 21st - 23rd 2022 Past Event A three-day event taking place in Tokyo this October celebrates tamago gohan, and allows visitors to get their fill of the dis..
15 Culture Ohatsu Tenjin Shrine: Tragic Romance Joe Robinson A romantic shrine with a dark backstory, visited for blessings on relationships and fertility. For such a popular urban shrine,..
19 Temples & Shrines First Time Visit to Sankeien Garden Takako Sakamoto Sankeien Garden, one of the most beautiful Japanese gardens in Honmoku, Yokohama
Culture Blessing of the Yamabushi Featured After a traumatic injury at school, 12-year old Satoshi falls into emotionally difficult times. In an effort to figure out how she..
12 Gardens & Parks Tokyo’s Hamarikyu Garden Tomoko Kamishima Once a vacation home of a Daimyo, a Shogun and the Emperor, the water level of a pond inside this beautiful garden ebbs and flows..
Culture Daio Wasabi Farm Katherine Moore Try Wasabi flavoured everything at Japan's largest Wasabi farm at Hotaka, close to Matsumoto. Watch cool clean water filter..
11 Street & Urban Yokohama's Aka Renga Soko Larry Knipfing Formally the Customs Inspection House for Yokohama in the early 1920's, these handsome red brick buildings have been converted..