8 Activities Izumi's Wintering Cranes Mandy Bartok Elegant cranes spend their winter months on the plains of Izumi in northern Kagoshima.
Culture Nagasaki Glover Garden Tomoko Kamishima In Nagasaki, there is a stylish Western house high up on a cliff in Minami Yamate, commanding a panoramic view of Nagasaki Port...
Area Seiyo In Japan, the names for municipalities bear scant resemblance to entities of the same name in the west. So a place that is nominally a ‘city’ can be nothing more than a few small towns surro..
Beauty & Spa Associa Hotel Onsen Hannah Warren A beautiful onsen in the Associa Hotel on the edge of Takayama.
Beauty & Spa Hakone: A Day Trip to Remember Ciara Lynch Hakone is less than 100 kilometres from Tokyo, full of beautiful and amazing hot springs and is incredibly close to the infamous..
Food Kakiyaki Kamakura: Grilled Oysters Hannah Warren A no-frills grilled oyster restaurant in Takamatsu, Kagawa. Read about what makes this little shop in Japan such a fascinating experience...
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..