Culture Harvest Your Own Pearls Bryan Baier The Pearl Miki in Ise-Shima City in Japan's Mie Prefecture offers a pearl harvesting experience at a near-century-old pearl..
Culture Maximizing the Fun in Ikaruga-Cho Featured Ikaruga-cho is a town in Nara Prefecture. It’s most famous for Horyuji Temple, home of the world’s oldest wooden buildings.
Activities Live Like the Locals in Nishi-Awa Bryan Baier Japan’s vast Nishi-Awa region is dominated by rugged mountains and untamed rivers. This wild corner of Shikoku’s Tokushima Pre..
Activities Meet the Locals on the Volcanic Daikonjima Bryan Baier Daikonjima Island is located in the middle of Lake Nakaumi between Matsue City in Shimane Prefecture and Sakai-Minato City in Tottori..
Activities Olive Island: Shodoshima Bryan Baier Shodoshima Island’s warm Mediterranean climate, beautiful coastal resorts and breathtaking mountain scenery are reminiscent of..
Activities Sera’s Simple Life Bryan Baier Sera is a small town in the Sera Kо̄gen Highlands of southeast Hiroshima Prefecture. The town is bursting with natural beauty,..
Activities Ieshima Islands: Welcome Home Bryan Baier “Ieshima” means “Home Island.” After waiting out a storm in the safety of Ieshima’s harbors around 600 BCE, Japan’s legendary ..
Shopping Shop, Save and Travel Easy in Osaka Bryan Baier 3 new apps from the Osaka Omotenashi Service break down the language barrier making traveling, dining, shopping and saving easy