Culture Visit Yokohama’s Hikawa Maru Larry Knipfing If you have never stepped onto the deck of a real ocean liner, then you are in for a treat. At 12,000 tons, the Hikawa Maru is as..
Food Betty Crocker's Hojo Anonymous Betty Crocker's Hojo serves good coffee, cake and food with a fine view of the Seto Inland Sea from its conservatory.
Food Kawamura-ya 111-year-old Soba Shop Tomoko Kamishima If I happen to be close to Sakuragi-cho during lunchtime, my feet go toward Kawamura-ya soba shop and my mouth orders “Ika-ten..
Activities Nagakute Battlefield and Museum Chris Glenn Nagakute was a huge & bloody battlefield. Today it's an interesting, exciting & often spooky area. Locals claim to see the ghosts..
Area Odaiba Odaiba is a the place that’s closest to my heart in Tokyo—at least as close a place a man-made island in the middle of Tokyo Bay could possibly claim. The area sometimes known as Teleport..
Culture Arts & Crafts at Ehime Folk Museum Anonymous The Saijo Folk Museum has some unusual arts and crafts housed in a beautiful Japanese art nouveau building.
Culture History at Ehime Folk Museum Anonymous Saijo Folk Museum offers a very eclectic peek into history. This old-school museum has a bit of everything.
Food PizzaVilla Mago Restaurant Paul Hackshaw Oven-fried Italian pizza and delicious lattes and cakes just north of Heijo Palace site. 50-seat shop has recently opened in Nov..