14 Culture Kyoto Toyokuni Shrine Takako Sakamoto Toyokuni Shrine, Higashiyama, Kyoto, is where Toyotomi Hideyoshi is enshrined. It had been closed and forbidden to enter for 269..
Transportation How to get to Tokushima from Kansai Takako Sakamoto 'Southern paradise Tokushima' is what Tokushima locals call their homeland. However, to reach this southern paradise is..
10 Food Tokushima Robata Dining Take-no Mai Takako Sakamoto Robata style Seafood Dining Take-no Mai (Bamboo Dance) in Tokushima. This restaurant is well-known among locals for its creative..
Culture Bando POW Camp Site, Tokushima Takako Sakamoto Can you imagine any POW camp being a paradise? I couldn't, until I learned about this Bando POW Camp in WWI, from 1917 to 1920..
13 Food Seafood 'Uo-Roman', Tokushima Takako Sakamoto You can rest assured....everything tastes good in Tokushima! Located in the center of Tokushima drinking district, 'Uo-Roman'..
13 Culture Tokushima Castle Ruins Takako Sakamoto The stone walls are so colorful, and there is a statue of the first lord of Tokushima Han, Hachisuka Iemasa in the center of the..
13 Culture Shibata Sakura Festa - Riverbank Takako Sakamoto Every year in cherry blossom season, they hold the 'Shibata Sakura Festival' in Shibata town in Miyagi prefecture. Surprisingly,..
11 Activities Ohanami Party on Asuwa Riverbank Takako Sakamoto When cherry blossoms start to bloom, there's only one thing Japanese people would think of......Yes! Ohanami Party! In Fukui,..
