Culture Zuigan-ji Temple in Matsushima Andrew Kehoe isolated from the massive tsunami that affected all of Miyagi’s coastline in 2011
Culture Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo Peter Sidell the original fittings, the Mitsubishi Ichigokan reopened as a museum in 2010
Accommodation Hotel Fukudaya Ariane Mignault Fukudaya on two different occasions, in the summer of 2009 and the winter of 2011
Area Matsushima The name Matsushima conjures ancient images – clusters of rugged, pine-clad islets in a snowy winter mist or framed in a glittering bay and magnificent summer sunset. Though the islands are..
Food Cafe Sabou Nupuri, Niseko Eva Haslauer recognition for displaying their local home cooking at the G8 summit in 2008
Culture Ueno Park Has Got It All, See For Yourself Abi Barber Western Art, and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (reopened as of 1st April 2012
Activities Laff Hair Design JJ Walsh Starting in July, 2012 he will open a shop downstairs which will multi-function
Food Putting a Spin on the World's Best Pizza Chris Glenn A year later in 2010, the Nagoya born chef out-baked 150 chefs from Italy