9 Culture Chikeiken's Hidden Treasures Alena Eckelmann farmers in a so-called "fruit village" at the foot of the Dewa Sanzan
Culture Ancient city of Nikko Suwannee Payne Odajirogahara, Nikko's Yuno-ko Lake, Fountainhead of Nikko Yumoto Onsen
Accommodation Azabu Court Residential Hotel Featured everything Japanese or if you’d like to slowly dip your toes into the onsen
Accommodation Imabari Station Hotel Anonymous The hotel has no big bath or onsen, although the shower in the room was
Beauty & Spa Mountain Festival, Daisetsuzan Nicole Bauer was very happy to apparently have chosen a good time to go to Asahidake Onsen
Activities Hiking up Mt. Tsukuba Joe Peters we wished we had remembered to bring a change of clothes because a hot onsen
Culture Zen at Kamakura's Kencho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima The temple is the highest-ranking Rinzai-zen temple in Japan.... consists of Soto-zen, best represented by the Soji-ji Temple in Tsurumi and Rinzai-zen