6 Food Club of Famous Curry Diners Peter Lin The Club of Famous Curry Diners is a small counter-style restaurant in the basement of the Yurakucho Itocia Plaza building. This..
Food Sushi-ro, Tsuruta, Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa Our four year old son’s favorite restaurant is a chain convenyor belt (kaiten) sushi restaurant called Sushi-ro. What it lacks..
12 Culture Kodai-ji Temple's Lovely Grounds Larry Knipfing In 1606, Kita-no-Mandokoro established this temple in memory of her late husband Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of Japan's greatest-ever..
11 Culture Lovely Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple Larry Knipfing It's hard to explain why, but the atmosphere here soothed and relaxed me. Perhaps it was the beauty of the autumn foliage...
6 Culture Nikko Woodcarving Center C. Rio If you have visited the temples in Nikko or any others in Japan, then you have an idea of what the traditional woodcraft look like...
8 Culture Oasahiko Jinja C. Rio Legend has it that in the era of Emperor Jimmu, Ame-no-Tomi-no-Mikoto came to the Awa region (an ancient region that encompassed..
Shopping Ichiru Kimono Shop in Nihonbashi Featured Experience Japanese culture at its best by trying on kimono, drinking tea, and joining events with like minded individuals. At..
7 Culture Jurakuji C. Rio The seventh temple of the Ohenro 88 temple pilgrimage, Jurakuji, is also known as the Temple of Ten Pleasures. This refers to the..