Shopping
Mashiko Pottery Festival 2025
Be dazzled with the beauty and variety of handmade wares artfully displayed and for sale in Mashiko during their bi-annual festival...
Culture
Ebisuya Rickshaws Higashiyama Kyoto
KYOTO: We found a couple of rickshaws across the street from the entrance to the shrine. The cheapest option for our family wa..
Shopping
Utsunomiya's Hachimanyama Park
Hachimanyama Park is great for cherry blossom viewing (lit up at night), sightseeing, family picnics, azaleas, play or romance -..
Shopping
Nikko Edo Wonderland
"The only place to experience living history and culture of Edo period Japan,” boasts the brochure. “Watch out, folks!” it con..
Beauty & Spa
Leisure Pool & Onsen, Moka, Tochigi
The wood-paneled changing room here is spacious with plenty of blow driers and the showers with lightly scented shampoo and soap...
Activities
Igashira Park, Moka
You need a car, a free day, good weather, a love of the outdoors, and some company preferably a child, to enjoy all the facilities..
Activities
Fun at Twin Ring Motegi
Twin Ring Motegi marries a world-class motorsports park to a park for nature appreciation activities such as camping, hiking, bug-collecting,..
Food
Mobile Snack Vendors-Thing of Past?
Near Tobu Minami Utsunomiya Station, we flag down a white truck loaded with firewood and stove calling out yaki-imo (sweet potato)...
Gallery
Mashiko Pottery Festival
Tochigi
Utsunomiya's Hachimanyama Park
Tochigi
Nikko Edo Wonderland
Tochigi
Kyoto Aquarium
Kyoto
Moka
Tochigi
Uobei Sushi in Utsunomiya
Tochigi
Fun at Twin Ring Motegi
Tochigi
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Culture
Firefly Viewing in Uji
Charlotte GriffithsFrom late May to mid-June, Uji City Botanical Park near Kyoto plays host to fireflies, delighting young and old alike. A short..
Activities
Hiking in Yaita
Megan PageHiking along the beautiful turquoise waters of the Sukan river in Yaita, Tochigi Prefecture