Activities Mikawa Bushi and Ieyasu Museum Chris Glenn Proud, stoic, loyal strong. These are the attributes of the Mikawa Bushi, samurai of the Matsudaira clan of Mikawa who became Shogun!...
Culture Kameyama Castle Chris Glenn Life is slow in Mie Prefecture’s Kameyama City. Even the name, Kameyama means “Tortoise Mountain”, but things weren’t always t..
Shopping Shinsekai Jeannie Gan Shinsekai gives you a unique, retro, cross culture kind of feeling. See Osaka from Tsutenkaku tower and fill your appetite with..
Culture Tobe Autumn Festival Anonymous Tobe Autumn Festival is a good opportunity to see the pottery and other products of Tobe gathered in one place. The fruit and sake..
Culture Ikebana flower exhibition in Nara Paul Hackshaw Ikebana is the art of beautifully arranging cut stems, leaves, and flowers in vases and other containers that evolved in Japan over..
Activities Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris Wheel Tomoko Kamishima Cosmo Clock 21 is both a huge Ferris wheel, and the largest clock in the world!
Shopping Yokohama’s Yurindo Books Tomoko Kamishima The Yurindo bookstore in Isezaki-cho is a compact treasure box of of the good old days of Yokohama!
Activities Yokohama’s Nogeyama Park & Zoo Harumi Inouye Within walking distance of the Minato Mirai bay area of Yokohama, you can find a quiet place of relaxing greenery—Nogeyama Zoo..
