6 Gardens & Parks Ohori Park Japanese Garden Mandy Bartok Fukuoka's sprawling Ohori Park, hidden away behind white plaster walls and... Come here to wander among the perfectly sculpted pines and mini waterfalls
14 Traditional Kyoto's Osawa-no-ike Pond in B&W Larry Knipfing The combination of temple and pond makes for a very nice experience, and... There is also a pagoda, bamboo grove, plum trees and cherry trees, so it
12 Temples & Shrines Honkokuji Temple in Kyoto Cathy Cawood Nestled between the Eastern hills of Kyoto and Biwako Canal is a temple... It seemed very flashy and unusual.
14 Culture Kyoto Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Tenman-gu Shrine has a large plum blossom garden with 50 varieties of plum and... A great variety of colors and sizes of flowers were blooming, competing
12 Temples & Shrines Nishihongan-ji Temple, Kyoto Larry Knipfing Nishi Hongan-ji, (meaning the Western Temple of the Original Vow) is of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism, and is a sister temple to Higashi Hongan-ji
6 Temples & Shrines Ryuo Shrine Eitetsu Terakado Walk from Yatsushiro Station in Kumamoto Prefecture for 10 minutes and... These works of art are dynamic and full of impact.
10 Temples & Shrines Kamakura's Joei-ji Temple Larry Knipfing nickname "Botamochi" is actually the name of a Japanese bean and... involving Nichiren, the founder of the Buddhist sect of the same name and