Activities Hida Takayama Teddy Bear EcoVillage Karen Zheng Housed in a renovated 200-year-old gassho-zukuri traditional farmhouse, a thousand bears from ‘all walks of life’ aim to please even
Culture Nagoya Festival 2026 Mid Oct block some of the better views, try the wide intersection of Otsu and Sakura
Activities The Futara-san Shrines of Nikko Tomoko Kamishima Nikko Futara-san Shrine proper is huge, and includes the peaks of the Nikko mountain range, Kegon-no-taki Falls, Iroha-zaka slope, three shrines, and other
Accommodation Hakone’s Fujiya Hotel: A True Classic Larry Knipfing So you might find yourself staying in the ‘Rose Room’, the ‘Sakura Room
Culture Mito's Kobuntei Elysse Hurtado One of the back walls is actually a kind of kanji dictionary, providing
Activities Three Blind Mice Bonson Lam name as none of us knew where we were going, we couldn’t read Japanese kanji
Activities Todai Gingko in Autumn Reika Clare Two delights of the year for me are the sakura season, where everything
Area Fukushima City Fukushima, meaning “Happy Island” is a city nestled between mountains in the Abukuma Valley. At 37 degrees latitude North it is just below Athens, Greece. The heavy snowfalls of winter, however,..