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..
10 Supreme Garden of Tenryuji, Kyoto Takako Sakamoto The brilliant view of Sogenchi Pond Garden, which borrows scenery from Arashiyama, is just splendid. Great World Heritage Site!
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..
Activities Suma Rikyu Park Kota Takahashi A short trip from Kobe, this expansive garden offers a great chance for the traveler to relax from the beaten path of the usual..
Accommodation Tomiyamakan Ryokan Sakurai Featured As Nara prefecture is largely a mountainous region it’s no surprise that it’s much different from the hustle and bustle of the..
Transportation Getting to Ehime Anonymous Shikoku has traditionally been a difficult place to visit, with sea routes being the only option. But times change and today there..
Culture Haiku in Matsuyama Anonymous The feudal lord of Matsuyama was a devotee and patron of poetry, and from the Edo period onward, the city has been particularly..
9 Culture Senjo-kaku and Goju-no-to Pagoda Anonymous The Senjo-kaku is an unfinished shrine built by Hideyoshi Toyotomi in remembrance of his fallen warriors. Next to it is the eye-catching..