Culture
Midosuji Illuminations 2025
Osaka Hikari Renaissance is a series of light up and festival events taking place in Fall and Winter each year. In 2018 the festival..
Culture
Ryukyu Lantern Festival 2025-2026
It is said that in many moons ago in China, women were not allowed out of the house at night, except on the 15th day of the Ch..
Food
Awamori and Pork Curry
Curcuma or Tumeric, is ancient wisdom, providing pain relief for arthritis. Experience a meal that has been six hundred years in..
Transportation
Osaka Itami Airport to Kyoto
Given there is no direct train from Osaka airport to Kyoto, is the bus or a monorail/ train combination better? Inside tips and..
Activities
Songs of Kuma River Boatsmen
If you ever listened in to nature? I mean really listen, to slow down and hear its heartbeat? To feel what the animals feel, to..
Culture
Naha City Museum of History
Naha museum may seem as dry as the sixty year old librarian who lorded over you in elementary school, but this little town that..
Food
Shima Nakama Restaurant
Whisk yourself away under some palm trees and island kitchens at Shima Nakama, literally a friend's island restaurant
Accommodation
Mercure Hotel Naha
The future of travel, is the democratisation of travel. One that regardless of ability, one can enjoy life to the full.
Gallery
Midosuji Illuminations
Osaka
Ryukyu Lantern Festival
Okinawa
Awamori and Pork Curry
Okinawa
Nagoya to Kyoto by Train
Kyoto
Hakodate Fish Market
Hokkaido
Itoman Winter Illuminations
Okinawa
Aoi Matsuri Festival
Kyoto
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Activities
119 Years of Ebisukō Fireworks
Emi TakahataEvery mid-November, Nagano’s long-standing tradition lights up the crisp winter sky with the 119th Ebisukō Fireworks Festival...
Activities
Osaka Aquarium's Great Barrier Reef
Yu KanazawaThe Great Barrier Reed hosts nearly 600 coral species, including surprisingly fast-regenerating table corals. Osaka Aquarium's..
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National Holidays in Japan, 2026
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