Culture Samurai Gardens of Kitabatake Chris Glenn It’s hard to believe that the beautiful 14th Century Kitabatake Gardens, one of Japan’s three major samurai gardens, was the s..
Beauty & Spa Tomoyama National Park Chris Glenn A picture paints a thousand words. However, the sun setting over Ago Bay could not be described in 2 thousand, or even 10 thousand..
Activities Osu Kannon Antique Fair Chris Glenn The Osu area of Nagoya City is always worth a look, particularly on the 18th and 28th of every month, as there’s the added att..
Culture Tsubaki Taisho, an Unearthly Shrine Chris Glenn Built in 300, guarded by 97 generations of the Yamamoto Family, Tsubaki Grand Shrine is where Ueshiba Morihei received inspiration..
Food All Hail The Strawberry King! Chris Glenn Just outside of Kuwana City in Mie Prefecture is the Tado Green Farm, opened in 2004, and famed for it’s all you can pick and ..
Activities Kaochidani Chris Glenn Kaochidani is an 8 km stretch of incredible rock formations, sheer cliffs & stone columns set amongst some of the most beautiful..
Activities History of Nagoya Castle Chris Glenn Until WW2, Nagoya Castle was the biggest, best designed, most gorgeous and well preserved of all the castles in Japan, and had been..
Activities Noma Daibou and the Bath of Death Chris Glenn A 7th Century temple, and the site of the bathtime assassination of the great warrior Minamoto No Yoshitomo