Culture Tado Ageuma: Horse Jumping Festival 2025 May 4th - May 5th garbed riders, complete with Jingasa hat and swords fitted in their belts make... steeper part of the slope, made boggy and slippery by copious amounts of sake
Culture Yamashita Park in Yokohama City Yumi Imai I myself live near Chinatown and like to take the 10-minute walk from there... Yamashita Park is quite safe even at the night, so I sometimes bring a
Culture Osore-zan Peter Sidell Japan's Aomori prefecture, Osore-zan is a truly unique place, a still-steaming extinct volcano, home to a Buddhist temple and a sparkling crater lake
16 Gardens & Parks Byakushi Pond Tristan Scholze Hiking through the forest of red pines around a volcanic lake is the first leg of the Ebino Kogen Ikemeguri Nature Trail in Kirishima-Kinkowan National
Culture Mikan Picking at Tsukuihama Farm Jessica A Paje Eat what you harvest on the premises or take them home for a small fee!
12 Gardens & Parks Tire Park Todd Wojnowski Over 3,000 tires (and a lot of sand) were used to make the coolest playground in Tokyo. See robots, dinosaurs, & rocket ships
Museums Hikone Castle Bryan Baier Hikone Castle, near Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, is one of the 12 remaining... display inside, but the beautifully gabled construction and views of Lake
Gardens & Parks Isuien Garden Irma Syahriar You may want to either take plenty of pictures from where you stand or... immediately explore the path to take a closer look of your surroundings