12 Culture Pottery Kilns at Shigaraki Cathy Cawood See climbing kilns at Shigaraki, a town that has produced pottery for thousands of years, and is one of the 'Six Old Kilns of..
11 Activities Spring beside the Kamogawa Cathy Cawood Spring in Kyoto: cherry blossom, food vendors and a koto concert beside the Kamogawa near Kitaoji Bridge and Kyoto Botanical Gardens...
9 Culture Three Years After That Day: Yuriage Justin Velgus Yuriage an area of Natori, a 25 minute drive from JR Sendai Station. It was heavily damaged by the March 11th, 2011 earthquake..
12 Culture Tachiki-Kannon Temple in Shiga Cathy Cawood Tachiki-Kannon Temple in Shiga Prefecture: stone lanterns, statue of Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi riding a deer, and many, many, many..
16 Activities A Spring Hike in Mitsuse Tristan Scholze Spring flowers and new green shoots forth in this nature walk in the village of Mitsuse, near Fukuoka City. Photographs taken in..
Food Café Notch Tristan Scholze Café Notch brings together home cooking and healthy local products in a beautiful log cabin set in a mountainside village.
8 Accommodation Deluxe Suite at Hotel JAL Kumamoto Takako Sakamoto The Presidential Suite room at Hotel Nikko Kumamoto has a great view of Kumamoto Castle.
12 Culture Shirahige Shrine Cathy Cawood The "floating" tori at Shirahige Shrine is smaller than the tori at Miyajima, but forms a beautiful scene against the backdrop of..