9 Gardens & Parks Tamamo Park, Takamatsu Peter Sidell In Takamatsu in Kagawa prefecture on Japan's Shikoku island, Tamamo Park is a pleasant park, home to the ruins of Takamatsu..
Arts & Crafts Adachi Museum of Art and Yuushien Gardens Shauntoniqua Clayton Adachi Museum of Art is a must-see for any Japanese garden connoisseur and such people would do well to find themselves visiti..
9 Culture Meiji Jingu Shrine: Photos Michael Kaplan Meiji Jingu is a beautiful, peaceful Shinto shrine with a lot of history and makes feels like you were away from the hustle an..
Culture Once-in-a-Lifetime: Kushida Shrine Anonymous A new perspective is born of a New Year visit at Kushida Shrine, grand tutelary shrine of Hakata, Fukuoka.
Historical Dendengu Shrine & Horinji Temple Karen Zheng On the precincts of the historic Horinji Temple, one can find the Shinto shrine known as “Dendengu”, which is devoted to Den D..
12 Temples & Shrines Shirahige Shrine Cathy Cawood The "floating" tori at Shirahige Shrine is smaller than the tori at Miyajima, but forms a beautiful scene against the backdrop of..
Museums Kanayamachi old town, Takaoka Jonathan Perry A walk through Kanayamachi, the old town of Takaoka
13 Historical Tokushima Castle Ruins Takako Sakamoto The stone walls are so colorful, and there is a statue of the first lord of Tokushima Han, Hachisuka Iemasa in the center of the..