Shopping Get a Yukata and Feel like a Local Chikako Takahashi recommend you two shops: Tsudaya (津田屋) and Erikiku Ginza Minami (ゑり菊 銀座南店
Culture Yokohama’s Soji-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima morning meditation, sutra chanting and prostrations begin at Daisodo (大祖堂)
Activities Japanese Imperial Graves in Nara Paul Hackshaw These are zenpo koen-fun, (前方後円噴), a round shape at the top, and a trapezoid
Food Yokohama’s Tasty Ginza Isomura Tomoko Kamishima Yokohama’s “Ginza Isomura” (銀座磯むら) is a very popular kushiage restaurant
Beauty & Spa A Hidden Gem in Hiroshima Jessica Bezer ravine with more emerald green waters to the second waterfall Nidanki (二段滝
Shopping Takatori Castle Ruins Paul Hackshaw You walk though the outer gate (二門) and into what was the inner sanctuary
Culture Oyama Jinja Iwakuraji Kerrie Hankinson get to Iwakuraji you take the line for Iwakuraji via Minami Toyama (岩峅寺方面
Culture Ozu Yasujiro Seishunkan Museum [Closed] Chris Glenn The Ozu Yasujiro Seishunkan Museum (小津安二郎青春館) is a small but interesting
