9 Activities Yubiso and its Year-round Beauty C. Rio For the past four years I have had the privilege of calling Yubiso home.
9 Activities Nagannu Island, Okinawa Varsha Vaswati Crystal clear emerald waters lapping the white coral sand beach make for
13 Tomikawa Magaibutsu Rock Carvings Cathy Cawood Granite rock face in Shiga Prefecture with 6.3 meter high carving of Buddha and two attendants.
Culture Iris Festival at Daian-zenji Temple Takako Sakamoto There was soothing music in the air, coming from a Chinese erhu (spike fiddle)
7 Culture Dainichiji - Konan City C. Rio The carving of Dainichi Nyorai and the supporting image of Sho Kannon are
#1 Japanese Garden in the World Tristan Scholze Ranked the no. 1 Japanese garden in the world since 2003: take a video tour of this living masterpiece flowing with calming energy.
11 Shizuoka Museum of Art's Rodin Wing Peter Sidell There's also a room with displays on the casting process of bronze
Activities Wind Chimes in Odawara Hannah Warren When you’ve finished carving out your design, you can glue the two halves... the craftsmen and let them do the dangerous, molten-hot-metal work of casting