17 Culture Old Town, Takayama Varsha Vaswati With a touch of heritage and history in every shop and house, every street and handicraft, this place is remarkably different from..
12 Activities Senjo-ga-hara Marshlands in Autumn Tomoko Kamishima In autumn, a variety of rich and beautiful colors gradually appear in Nikko's Senjo-ga-hara marshlands.
10 Activities Oku-Nikko’s Ryuzu-no-taki Falls Tomoko Kamishima Autumn brings a stunning change of color to Nikko's Ryuzu-no-taki Falls.
10 Activities Kinchakuda - Spider Lily Heaven Josef Diermair Kinchakuda is famous for red spider lily. Located close to Chichibu in Saitama, it's easy to reach by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line...
12 Culture Hiroshima Umeshu Festival 2012 Emmie Tsumura The Hiroshima Umeshu Festival is an annual event held at the beginning of October, celebrating the plum wine-making tradition in..
12 Activities Winter at Lake Onuma Peter Sidell Half an hour from Hakodate on Japan's Hokkaido island, in winter Lake Onuma freezes over and the whole area is deeply blan..
9 Food Kuro-tamago at Owakudani Valley Catherine Hagar Owakudani in Hakone is a valley with volcanic activity. Natural hot springs dot the mountain side, where locals boil fresh eggs..
11 Activities "View-O" Water Gate in Numazu Port Tyra 'nell Pille-Lu From the 30-meters-high observatory view, be mesmerized with the panorama view of Mt. Fuji and Suruga Bay, as well the seaside community...