16 Culture The Warehouses of Kawaramachi Justin Velgus The Kawaramachi neighborhood of Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture is one of the city's few neighborhoods where you can see century-old warehouses.
33 Culture Flowers of Japan Elena Lisina Hanami or “admiring blooming flowers” is very important for the Japanese culture... But, very soon after sakura there comes blooming of fuji, azalea, iris
Activities Forest of Light 2023-2024 Nov 16th 2023 - Jan 8th 2024 Past Event It wouldn't feel like the festive season without some twinkling lights, and the Forest of Lights event at Tenjin Central Park delivers a bounty of them
Activities Hakone: A Cautionary Tale Amanda Brattebo The story of a spontaneous day trip turned disaster.
18 Activities A Trip to Naruko Elena Lisina A region rich with wood is famous for making kokeshi dolls and those dolls symbolize Naruko.
Culture Watching a Noh Play Sleiman Azizi Seeing a Noh play at the National Noh Theatre in Tokyo is easy. Tickets can be bought at the box office or online.
Activities A Solitary Cherry Tree Reynald Ventura This is a 2-minute 53-second film about a solitary cherry tree in full bloom. Children climb up and down the tree.