15 Kanzo Yashiki House Cathy Cawood History park opposite Enzan JR Station with a large Edo Era house and eleven smaller buildings.
Culture Kurokawa Noh Alena Eckelmann Kurokawa, a small village near the mountains of Dewa Sanzan in Yamagata Prefecture, is preserving a 500-year-old tradition of Noh theater
Culture Vanilla Gallery Akane Margarita Ichikawa Ginza's tiny Vanilla Gallery displays risqué and eccentric artwork that is often a mix of erotic and grotesque concepts (ero-guro in Japanese).
13 Culture Spotting Foxes at Toyokawa Inari Temple Larry Knipfing Just a 5-minute walk from Akasaka-Mitsuke Station on the Ginza Line or Marunouchi Line, the temple is famous for foxes.
Culture Watarai Honten Sake Brewery Alena Eckelmann Dewa no yuki-one of the best sake brews in Dewa Sanzan and the favorite of Japan's Prime Ministers
Beauty & Spa Yakushima Traverse Sarah Mathews Janotaki waterfall (definitely worth it), the track comes out at Onoaida onsen... , and then to the JR Hotel where we enjoyed a great onsen, overlooking
Food Dogo’s “Circus Bar”, Wani to Sai Matthew Iannarone with a 3,000-year history, famous glass, literary and art museums, Dogo Onsen... Honkan, Yuzuki castle ruins (Dogo Park), along with its oh-so-expensive onsen
Accommodation Pension Hera-san-no-ie Nicole Bauer If you are looking for a real onsen (hot spring), try the public Rishirifuji... Onsen in Oshidomari.