Culture The Hachiman-Bori Alicia Scarfe Explore the historic merchant village of Omihachiman via a river cruise on the Hachiman-Bori.
Arts & Crafts Takayama’s Karakuri Museum Euan Prentis If you can't make it to Takayama for the town's famed festivals, be sure to drop by a performance of the mechanical karakuri..
6 Street & Urban Yoyogi National Gymnasium Hoyee Tse Kenzo Tange offered this masterpiece for his nation to show its place to the world in the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
13 Culture Spotting Foxes at Toyokawa Inari Temple Larry Knipfing Toyokawa Inari is a temple that is both colorful and fascinating and easy to visit. Just a 5-minute walk from Akasaka-Mitsuke Station..
Culture WASHU FES in Nakameguro 2024 Mar 30th - 31st 2024 Past Event Drink to your heart's content at the WASHU FES. Try over 150 kinds of sake and other traditional Japanese alcoholic beverages...
Museums Vanilla Gallery Akane Margarita Ichikawa Ginza's tiny Vanilla Gallery displays risqué and eccentric artwork that is often a mix of erotic and grotesque concepts (e..
Culture Art of Naoshima and Teshima Anonymous Two islands sit beside each other in the narrow Seto Inland Sea. Located between Okayama and Takamatsu prefectures, these two islands..
Culture Heian Shrine in Kyoto Todd Wojnowski The Heian Shrine (Heian Jingu) is a major Shinto shrine in Kyoto, and is popular not only as a tourist spot but also as a religious..