Food Manpei in Inawashiro Peter Sidell In Inawashiro, in the countryside of Fukushima in northern Japan, Manpei is a cheap and cheerful place to get hearty Japanese comfort..
Culture Basho Memorial Hall Sleiman Azizi The Basho Memorial Hall in Koto City sits by the banks of the Sumida River on the site where Basho himself once lived. Along with..
Activities The 2020 Olympic Games: Kokugikan Arena Elena Lisina Kokugikan Arena will host boxing at the 2020 Olympic Games. Capacity at the arena for the bouts is 7300 spectators. Along with the..
Culture Tako-jinja Gary Luscombe Tako-jinja is a small shrine in southern Osaka close to the birthplace of Takamuko-no-Kuromaro. A largely forgotten figure, he was..
Culture Sapporo Lilac Season Kim Bergström The Sapporo Lilac Festival has been an annual event since 1959, and a year later, lilacs were designated as the city's official..
Activities Cosmos Festival at Showa Kinen Park Serena Ogawa Say good-bye to summer in the company of 70,000 cosmos flowers.
Food Senryo Soba Elizabeth S Hachijojima, the subtropical island 100 kilometers south of Tokyo proper, is surprisingly, still part of Tokyo. But the island has..
Food Coco Moon Elizabeth S Coco Moon Italian café restaurant is located just west of Sokodo Port on Hachijojima Island. The menu features local produce s..