Culture Ikazaki Kite Fighting Festival 2026 Tuesday - May 5th If you’re in Ehime, make your way to Ikazaki and join the kite flyers or... the onlookers on the banks of the Oda River for an eventful day out.
15 Gardens & Parks Odo Park Elizabeth Wormald A rare seaside park, with playgrounds, a shrine and even a few friendly critters
12 Gardens & Parks Ashikaga Flower Park in May - Part 1 Tomoko Kamishima Walking through an 80-meter tunnel of white wisteria, or just standing under the 1000 square meters of a purple wisteria trellis, you will become a slave
12 Gardens & Parks A View from the French Hill Park Tyra 'nell Pille-Lu If you want to get an astounding view of the Yokohama Bay Bridge, the bay... and its harbor area, the Harbor View Hill Park, otherwise known as the
8 Historical Searching for Ryoma 4: Ryoma's Tomb Takako Sakamoto Ryoma was buried with his best friend and the revolutionary comrade, Shintaro Nakaoka, who was assassinated with Ryoma on the night.
Museums On the Movie Set of “Okuribito” Alena Eckelmann The main movie set, the NK Agent’s office, was preserved and it is now... Kobayashi is hired on the spot and only later finds out that his new job
9 Temples & Shrines The Three Waterfalls Temple JJ Walsh The charm of Mitaki temple is the green, lush and peaceful atmosphere mixed with the intrigue of statues and Japanese religion.
