13 Road to Jojuin Temple in Kamakura Takako Sakamoto Take a leisurely walk from Gokurakuji Temple to Jojuin Temple in Kamakura. You may find pretty flowers heralding spring!
11 Kyoto's Ryozen Kannon Sandra Isaka The grounds of Kyoto's Ryozen Kannon, in Higashiyama, are a quiet and contemplative oasis year-round, but are especially lovely..
9 The Arrival of Spring Takako Sakamoto Japanese garden inside Osaka Expo Commemoration Park: the brilliant spring flowers in this Japanese garden always inform me of spring's..
8 Photographers at Gokurakuji Station Takako Sakamoto When I was taking photos of Gokurakuji Temple in Kamakura, many photographers materialized from nowhere and attached themselves..
19 Mikamine Park Revisited for Hanami Radica Sooknarine Mikamine Park revisited for hanami at a family friendly location close to Minaminagamachi Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.
7 Accommodation Aho Ren: Dancing Group of Awa Odori Naoko Takeuchi Aho Ren: Dancing group of Awa odori, Tokushima
9 Room of Sonogi, Siebold's Lover Takako Sakamoto I enjoyed sumptuous Shippoku Cuisine in a room named after Siebold's mistress, the Room of Sonogi!
12 Plum Trees in Limelight at Yokokan Takako Sakamoto Pretty plum blossoms illuminated in the night at Yokokan Garden in Fukui. Although there weren't many plum trees in the garden,..