6 Activities Naminoue Beach and Shrine Susann Schuster Naminoue Beach is the perfect place in Naha, Okinawa, when you want to refresh yourself after a long day of sightseeing. The close-by..
10 Food Suehiro Sake Brewery Sandro Bernardinello Suehiro Sake Brewery is one of the most famous in the Tohoku region. You can do a free tour and tasting and see how this traditional..
10 Culture Amano Iwato and Amano Yasukawa Ekaterina Bespyatova Amano Iwato Shrine in Takachiho is associated with the famous Japanese legend of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu hiding in a cave. Here..
6 Shopping Okui Kaiseido, Tokyo Sherilyn Siy Okui Kaiseido was founded in 1871 in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Ninety percent of Japan's kombu is sourced from Hokkaido where..
10 Culture Tokoji Temple in Azumino Peter Sidell In the countryside of Azumino near Matsumoto in central Japan, Tokoji is an attractive Buddhist temple, home to plenty of interesting..
14 Culture Hotaka-jinja Shrine in Azumino Peter Sidell In the countryside of Azumino, near Matsumoto in central Japan's Nagano prefecture, Hotaka-jinja is a spacious Shinto shrine..
8 Activities Akechidaira Ropeway Ekaterina Bespyatova Amazing views over Lake Chuzenji and Kegon Falls from the top of a nearby mountain in Nikko National Park.
8 Food Kato Dairy Farm Sherilyn Siy Whenever we miss the American Midwest, we take a trip to Kato Dairy Farm. We buy a waffle cone or a bottle of non homogenized milk..