8 Oimatsu Sweets Shop in Kyoto Sarah Chaney I walked into a shop selling Japanese sweets made in Kyoto and had matcha tea with sakura mochi (a rice cake stuffed with bean paste..
Nightlife Fukushima Nightlife at Bar Dream Sarah Chaney Bar Dream is a western-style bar in Nihonmatsu City in Fukushima Prefecture. With lots of space, a variety of drinks, darts and..
Activities Chikozan Park Children's Zoo Sarah Chaney Visit the children's zoo within Chikozan Park in Sayama City of Saitama Prefecture. You can touch animals such as guinea pigs..
Culture Shosan-ji Summer Festival 2025 Saturday - Aug 30th August 30th is the Buddhist memorial festival at Shikoku's 12th temple, Shousan-ji, which is one of the 88 temples on a pilgrimage..
13 Amateur Sumo Tournament in Tohoku Sarah Chaney We were invited into the mountains of Fukushima Prefecture to join the locals in an amateur sumo tournament. Some of us partic..
Culture Water Throwing Festival in Tohoku 2025 Early Aug Visit a quaint hot spring town a short distance away from a well known samurai town, Aizuwakamatsu, in Fukushima Prefecture. H..
Nightlife Stumbling Upon a Japanese Shot Bar Sarah Chaney I was aimlessly wandering around Kyoto's Ayakoji Dori in Shinmachi when I stumbled upon a Japanese shot bar... I wondered what..
Shopping Free Wi-Fi for Foreign Tourists Sarah Chaney NTT East is providing free Wi-Fi in 17 prefectures: Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma,..
