Culture Kajikawachisui Memorial Park Kim Bergström For those living in or visiting Niigata Prefecture during sakura season, one of the region's best spots to explore is the Kajikawachisui..
15 Culture Saifukuji Temple Kim Bergström Saifukuji Temple is located in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, and its grounds look vastly different from summer to winter. Enjoying..
7 Traditional Soja RetRoad Festival Judith Mikami Every September Soja City hosts a Retroad (retro road) Festival to celebrate the tradition of the old main road with the new. Clubs,..
Culture EuroFest in Yoyogi Park Todd Wojnowski EuroFest, a two-day festival held in Tokyo's Yoyogi park, has a wealth of food, drinks, and entertainment from all across Europe,..
Culture Mizusawa Kannon's Red Gate Cathy Cawood Exploring inside the two-story gate of power spot temple Mizusawa Kannon in Gunma Prefecture
8 Gardens & Parks Yokohama Bay's Zou-no-hana Terrace Larry Knipfing If you're looking for a place to chill out in Yokohama, head on over to Zou-no-hana Park, and its terrace cafe.
11 Culture Jyomyo-In Temple in Yanaka Peter Sidell Near Ueno and Yanaka in central Tokyo, Jyomyo-In is a Buddhist temple with so many statues that there are said to be 84,000 of them...
9 Gardens & Parks Kannon-zaki Lighthouse Tomoko Kamishima Cape Kannon-zaki is on the eastern edge of Miura Peninsula, the entrance of the Tokyo Bay. In 1869, a lighthouse was built here
