14 Culture Kyoto's Osawa-no-ike Pond in B&W Larry Knipfing This man-made pond was built originally for a villa for the Saga Emperor, sometime in the 8th century. It still exists today as..
6 Food Unagi Restaurant Obana Peter Lin Obana is a longstanding unagi (eel) restaurant in Tokyo and serves terrific edomae (Tokyo-style) unagi in a traditional Japanese..
12 Activities A Fishing Harbor on Tsunoshima Tristan Scholze Scenes from a fishing harbor on the tiny island of Tsunoshima in Yamaguchi.
Accommodation Chisun Hotel, Kobe Peter Sidell In the port city of Kobe in Japan's Hyogo prefecture, the Chisun Hotel is a comfortable, good value business hotel, well located..
6 Food Cafe de Ginza Miyuki-kan Peter Lin Cafe de Ginza Miyuki-kan is a well-known sweets cafe in central Ginza. Open since 1969, this French-style cafe serves sophisticated..
8 Culture Night-time Views of Kobe Motomachi Manish Prabhune Sandwiched between the Chinatown district Nankinmachi and Kyu-kyoruchi, a foreign settlement in the 19th century, Motomachi Kobe..
Culture Zuigan-ji Temple in Matsushima Andrew Kehoe Zuigan-ji is a Buddhist temple that was restored by Date Masumune. It is located in Matsushima which is considered to be 1 of ..