Culture Chinese New Year Parade in Yokohama Todd Wojnowski The second weekend of the 15-day Spring Festival celebration sees a traditional parade make its way through Chinatown, delighting..
9 Activities Explore Beautiful Hakone by Trail Carrie Jacobs The nature walk from Hakone Botanical Garden to Togendai is a lovely, easy, nature walk. Highlights include Sengokuhara pampas..
10 Culture Kamakura's Ankokuron-ji Temple Larry Knipfing Ankokuron-ji is another of the many Nichiren sect temples in Kamakura. Located in the quiet Omachi area of the city, it is situated..
6 Culture A Winter Day at Hasedera Temple Hana Joy Though it can be a little chilly, winter is an excellent season to visit Hasedera Temple in Kamakura.
11 Activities Yokohama's Sankei-en Garden in Snow Larry Knipfing Sankei-en Garden is generally recognized as one of Japan's most beautiful. Covered this day by a soft white blanket of snow,..
9 Culture Kamakura's Chosho-ji Temple Larry Knipfing This temple is not very big but is quite pretty in autumn. There are interesting statues on the grounds that depict battles between..
11 Culture Inside a Kanagawa Sake Brewery Larry Knipfing The Kanei sake brewing company has been creating wonderful tasting sake for 150 years. The brewery is not large (but colorful!),..
Accommodation Hakone's Matsuzaka-ya Inn Tomoko Kamishima If you journey to Hakone and Ashino-yu’s lovely Matsuzaka-ya inn, remember the connection between Matsuzaka-ya, Copeland, and ..
