21 Traditional Furue Trail Walk Ciara Long A temple and shrine trail in Furue, Hiroshima that includes several temples, shrines, a beautiful graveyard and stunning views of the city and bay.
Culture The Japan Temple Stamp Book Richard Mulvihill Here is how it works; Upon your first visit to a temple in Japan, you can... You'll start to notice stamps everywhere you go, in train stations
Museums Ruins of Ikeshima, Coal Mine Island Avery Morrow Starting in 1959, a local business began moving workers to the island to... Reservations should be made roughly a week in advance; the tour runs year
18 Culture Worth a Michelangelo Alena Eckelmann Some temples in the Echigo area of Niigata Prefecture, for example, are... real Michelangelo seems a little stretched, the two masters had a trait in
9 Culture Kyubi Inari Shrine at Nasu Yumoto Larry Knipfing Kyubi Inari (Kitsune Jinja) is a shrine within a shrine at Nasu Onsen Jinja, in the Nasu Onsen area of Tochigi Prefecture.
12 Temples & Shrines Unique Josen-ji Temple, Yokohama Larry Knipfing In fact, I couldn’t drag myself away from them.... Placed row after row on a number of outdoor shelves, they come in two sizes
6 Traditional Misumi Nishikou Yui Yamaguchi In the Meiji period (1868 to 1911), Misumi West Port was used for to ship coal and we can still see remnants from that time from the stone wharf,
Culture Sendai's Pageant of Starlight 2024 Early - Late Dec Each year from early December through December 31st, 600,000 Christmas lights illuminate the zelkova trees along Jozenji-dori in downtown Sendai.