Culture Kokeshi: A Lasting Tradition and Art Sherilyn Siy Each doll is truly unique, with its own personality, as influenced by the personality of the kokeshi artisans who crafted them,..
Food Food & Drink in Japan Glossary & Phrasebook Sherilyn Siy Foodies traveling to Japan for the first time will want to download this little ebook to their smartphones before traveling. F..
Activities Tanabata Concert Sherilyn Siy Music is a most suitable way to celebrate a festival that's inspired by a Chinese folklore of star-crossed lovers. In Hidaka,..
8 Activities Nerima Children's Forest (Kodomonomori) Sherilyn Siy Kodonomori is a farm converted into a play space. Fruit and vegetables are still grown but most of the space is dirt, not conc..
6 Activities Kitanomaru Park in Spring Sherilyn Siy The Kitanomaru Park (including the Nippon Budokan and the Chidorigafuchi boating area) is part of the Imperial Palace grounds ..
6 Culture 400 Year Old Sakura Sherilyn Siy At the Koma Shrine in Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture, a weeping variety of cherry blossom about 25 meters tall and believed t..
Shopping Lemon Gasui Sherilyn Siy Lemon Gasui prides itself in being the go-to shop for drafting and design materials, architectural modeling materials and art supplies...
8 Culture Shoden-in Temple Sherilyn Siy The Shoden-in Temple traces its history back 1300 years ago during a tumultous period in the Korean peninsula, when a large nu..