Culture The Equinox Flower and Rice Harvest Tristan Scholze Higan refers to “the other shore” in Japanese, in contrast to this shore... The blooms are most commonly found along rice fields, where they warden
Historical Shoji-ji Temple in Oharano Kyoto Bonson Lam remoteness, as well as the hundreds of cherry and maple trees in the gardens... period nearly a millennia ago, a poet called Saigyo built his home in the gardens
Culture Navigating Nippori Jeremy Yap Nippori also houses the graveyard of one of Japan's most famous family... within the Yanaka Cemetery which also accommodates other famous members of Japanese
13 Temples & Shrines Beautiful Shoren-in Temple, Kyoto Larry Knipfing Although not many people visit Shoren-in Temple (and garden), those in the know call it one of the most beautiful in Kyoto.
Historical Sealed Buddhist Statue of Horyu-ji Tomoko Kamishima Buddhist statues built by later Japanese sculptors.... He and his colleagues were afraid that Japan's valuable art treasures
Historical Mitsuhama Old Town Area Anonymous And if you speak some Japanese, it’s quite likely that somebody on the... However, the garden still has a big flat stone installed as a landing pad
9 Culture Hibiya Park in Central Tokyo Perri Silverstein The tulip and rose gardens offer pops of color in an otherwise wholly green
Museums Watarai Honten Sake Brewery Alena Eckelmann Dewa no yuki-one of the best sake brews in Dewa Sanzan and the favorite of Japan's Prime Ministers