10 Culture St. Anna's Garden Sandra Isaka St. Anna's Garden is an English 'village' near Fukushima City. In addition to a lovely church, the complex contains..
9 Kanbara's Izumiya Cafe & Shop Sandra Isaka Shizuoka's Izumiya is a cafe, shop, and spot for practicing traditional weaving. It is located Kanbara-juku, the 15th post..
Culture Kasama Chrysanthemum Festival 2026 Late Oct Every autumn, Ibaraki hosts the Kasama Kiku Matsuri, an amazing chrysanthemum festival in the grounds of the historic Kasama I..
10 Kyoto's Cafe Opal Sandra Isaka Located in a renovated 80 year old traditional Japanese home, the Cafe Opal is a unique cafe with friendly owners, great music..
Culture Gyoda's Kodaihasu-no-sato Sandra Isaka Located in a quiet corner of Saitama Prefecture, the city of Gyoda was mostly forgotten by tourists until November 2012, when a..
9 Activities Kiso Valley's Tsumago-juku Sandra Isaka Tsumago-juku is a post town along the Kiso Valley's ancient highway, the Nakasendo. Hiking from the next post town, Magome,..
Culture Kasamori-ji or Kasamori Kannon Sandra Isaka Kasamori-ji, or Kasamori Kannon, a magestic temple made of wood pillars, perched on the top of a large rock in central Chiba Prefecture...
9 Culture Daishi Koen's Shinshu-en Sandra Isaka Just behind the famous Kawasaki Daishi Temple, hidden within Daishi Koen, is a lovely Chinese garden called Shinshu-en.