9 Activities Trekking Up Mount Oku-Shirane, Nikko Nicole Bauer My husband and I climbed Mount Oku-Shirane, also known as Nikko-Shirane (日光白根山), this summer.
The Great Buddha of Kamakura Tomoko Kamishima The Great Buddha of Kamakura (Kamakura Daibutsu 鎌倉大仏) was built in the
Accommodation Hakone's 350 Year-old Ichino-yu Inn Tomoko Kamishima I stayed at their oldest inn, Ichino-yu Honkan (一の湯本館) in mid winter. It is the best season to see snow covered Mt. Fuji in a crystal clear sky!
22 Culture Shitaya Shrine Festival Sher Ying Wee Name in Japanese 下谷神社大祭—shitaya jinja taisai—Shitaya Shrine Festival
Culture Japan Open-Air Folk Museum: Nihon Minka-en 5 (1Review) Nihon Minka-en (日本民家園, also 'The Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum') is part of the Ikuta Ryokuchi Park in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. On displa..
15 Culture Meguro Ward's Otori Shrine Justin Velgus Although the name of the shrine is Otori (大鳥 'big bird') you won
Culture Kyoto Shimogamo Shrine Tomoko Kamishima “Yatagarasu” Kojiki (古事記 Record of Ancient Matters) and Nihon-shoki (日本書紀
Walk Around Kumoba Pond, Karuizawa Tomoko Kamishima It took about 10 minutes from the station area to Roppon Tsuji (六本辻).