Historical Toyokawa Inari Shrine Chris Glenn Located in Toyokawa City about 50 kilometers southeast of Nagoya in Aichi... one of Japan’s Big Three Inari Shrines, along with the Fushimi Inari in
Culture Obitoke-dera Jim Swan I’ve been through my wife’s own two pregnancies, but in all the decades... that I’ve lived in Japan, I don’t recall ever hearing about the custom
Temples & Shrines Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine Tony Mariani Michizane was born in Kyoto in 845 into a family of education with a history... At an early age, Michizane spent time in the family garden and composed
Museums Tokaido Tales: Fujikawa Juku Chris Glenn important highways of old Japan, running between Edo and the Capital, Kyoto... The 37th stop along the old route was Fujikawa Juku, located in the present
Historical Yoshida Castle Chris Glenn the 53 stages of the Tokaido, the old roadway between the capital of Kyoto... The picture is of the Toyokawa River at Toyohashi in south east of Aichi
Museums The Underrated Meiji-Mura Richard Mulvihill Over 60 buildings from the Meiji Restoration have been collected from around Japan and are now displayed in a beautifully secluded area of Inuyama, Aichi-ken
7 Temples & Shrines Ryozen Gokoku Higashiyama John Carter With Kyoto being a hub for historical sights, beating the tourist traps
Museums National Museum of Modern Art Osaka Christie Petrakopoulou Visit Japan's fourth national museum in Osaka, the National Museum of Modern Art, Osaka.