Culture Raijinyama: Tohoku's Largest Kofun Tomb Justin Velgus Raijinyama located in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture is the site of the Tohoku region's largest "Kofun" style tomb. The well..
Culture Walking Shimoda Rey Waters Discovering Shimoda on the Izu Peninsula, while attending the 77th Annual Black Ship Festival
Culture Kitaya Park in Shibuya Shinobu Ishikawa Kitaya Park, once a gloomy place with smokers, has reopened this month after a complete makeover. It features the first Blue Bottle..
6 Temples & Shrines Naritasan Shinshoji Temple Manish Prabhune Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is a Buddhist temple complex very close to Keisei Narita Station—beautifully captured here in black..
Museums Yokoo Tadanori Museum, Kobe Peter Sidell In Kobe in Japan's Hyogo prefecture, the Yokoo Tadanori Museum is displays works by this locally-born artist, whose painti..
10 Culture Shingan-ji Temple in Shimokitazawa Peter Sidell In Tokyo's trendy Shimokitazawa district, Shingan-ji is a charming Buddhist temple with some interesting features.
10 Temples & Shrines En-no-ji Temple in Kita-Kamakura Tomoko Kamishima En-no-ji Temple in Kita-Kamakura enshrines the ten Kings of Hades—whom we meet when we die.
Culture Narita's Lonely Lady Arlene Bastion An incredible shopping and eats street like Narita, made for people in a hurry, may not be the ideal place to pay tribute to an..