Culture The Influence of Chinese Culture Elena Lisina big celebration is lunar New Year or Chinese New Year with traditional Lion
Food Okinawa Goat Misaki Bonson Lam creature survives in the form of the Merlion in Singapore and the Shisa or lion
6 Autumn Leaves at Danrin-ji Mandy Bartok Most visitors to Gio-ji, a temple on beautifully mossy grounds in Arashiyama
Accommodation Khaosan Kyoto Theater Hostel Anonymous Buddhist temple, Kiyomizu-dera, is just 3km away on Mount Otawa, and the Gion
Accommodation Celebrate Christmas in Style at Grand Hyatt Tokyo Ryan Noble inspired by glimmering starlight: Festive 75: combines Champagne, Kyoto dry gin
Culture Yasaka Shrine, Tsuwano Denes Perlaky Heron festival and purification ritual The Gion festival of Tsuwano has
Food Gora Brewery & Grill in Hakone Piti Koshimura The drinks menu also offers wine, sake, gin and whisky, as well as soft
Culture A Guide to Tono City and Hanamaki City Veronica Carnevale There is even a segment where one of the performers dresses as a lion deity... If you are lucky, the dancers will invite you on stage so the lion deity