Culture Tochigi's Daichu-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Moonlight and Rain, Columbia University Press) by Akinari Ueda (雨月物語 上田秋成著
Food Yokohama Motomachi's Issa-an Soba [Closed] Tomoko Kamishima Issa-an (一茶庵) is run by the grandson of Soba-Sei, Hidenori Katakura, on... Hak-kai-san (八海山) might be a nice one to try.