Culture Shimada Obi Festival 2026 Mid Oct Shimada, Shizuoka is home to one of Japan's three most unusual festivals, the Obi Festival, which takes place only once every..
Culture Paper Balloon Festival in Semboku 2027 Wednesday - Feb 10th The Paper Balloon festival is a very colourful festival in the middle of the Akita winter
Culture Atami Castle Cherry Blossom Festival Kim Bergström There are a myriad of cherry blossom festival during spring, and the grounds of Shizuoka's Atami Castle are home to one of the..
Accommodation Hotel Relief Premium Haneda Airport Sleiman Azizi A quick trip to Tokyo required basic accommodation. Relief Premium Haneda Airport turned out to be a great hotel with friendly staff..
18 Accommodation Asobian: Shizuoka Japanese Farmstay Samuel Richards In the Kawane Green Tea Region in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture is a farmstay that overflows with hospitality, making it the perfect..
Transportation Saga Airport Kim Bergström Saga Airport provides domestic connections to Tokyo's Haneda and Narita Airports, as well as international routes to China,..
7 Culture Hikone Castle in Shiga Lily Hikone Castle in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture, is a very famous original castle tower. It is registered as a National Treasure..
Food Shiogama Wholesale Market Chiara Terzuolo Shiogama Wholesale Market is the very last of the great old-school fish markets in the Tohoku region. It miraculously escaped the..