Culture Sake Tasting at Shimada Shoten Jeannie Gan The sake here ranges from top-grade like Daiginjo (大吟醸) to some with distilled
Activities Snow-covered Mt. Kintoki Yu Nakao train on the Daiyuzan Line at Odawara station and get off at Daiyuzan (大雄山
Culture Ibaraki: Top Things to Do Tom Roseveare Ushiku Daibutsu The Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a 120m tall
Activities Climbing Mt. Asama Steve Morton until the trail splits into an ‘Ura-Course’ (裏コース) and a ‘Naka-Course’ (中コース
Culture Jindaiji Temples in Musashino Yoshiko Toyama When I was there, Ganzan Daishi (元三大師) was open to the public for the first
Shopping Marunaka Kimono & Kimono Goods Tomoko Kamishima The kimono shop, Marunaka Gohukuten(丸中呉服店) is at 4-chome in the Motomachi
Accommodation Ryokan Tanigawa Featured Salinger where his most famous novel ‘No Longer Human’ (Ningen Shikkaku 人間失格
Culture Hokoji Temple and its Fatal Bell Takako Sakamoto characters were used to describe the wish for the peace of a country as 国家安康