Transportation Niigata and Nagano with the JR EAST PASS Featured when you can experience the best landscapes of fluffy snow and blossom-laden
Culture Sano Art Museum Peter Sidell diverse as traditional woodblock prints, animal photography, decorative katana
Manga Trains Return to Ishinomaki Justin Velgus May 29, 2015 station and streets are decorated with characters from the comic books Kamen
Culture Aichi: The Heart of Japan Shannon Walker changing and the immaculately preserved pieces almost look new, such as the katana
Culture The 5 Hardest Things About Japanese Emma Sletteland They are phonetic syllabaries, where each character, or kana, represents... Unlike the English alphabet, where it’s one sound per letter, a kana can
Culture The Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune Elena Lisina skills in a bout with the exiled monk Benkei who had sworn to win 1000 katana
Tohoku Festivals this Weekend Tom Roseveare Sep 18, 2015 Kanto Lantern Festival, which brings Akita's tradition of lantern-laden
Culture Discovering Obi Castle in Miyazaki Featured with traditional shops, former samurai residences, quaint roadside Carp-laden