Culture Asahikawa Winter Festival 2027 Early - Mid Feb The Asahikawa Winter Festival is a large scale winter festival in Hokkaido, occurring around the same time as Sapporo’s Snow F..
Culture Hommaru Palace Comes Back to Life Luca De Pasquale Nagoya's Hommaru Palace is finally completed after the restoration work. This was the accommodation hall of the Tokugawa family..
Food Genghis Khan Kirishima Kota Ushio Mongolian barbecue restaurant Genghis Khan Kirishima offers drinkers and diners a new and healthy choice in popular Shinbashi. Eat..
Activities Bicycle Ride to Inasanohama Beach Kim Bergström Exploring Izumo on two wheels is easy, with bicycles available for rent from Izumo Taisha Mae station for a small fee. One of the..
Shopping Tsutaya Daikanyama Kim Bergström Great architecture, books, magazines, movies, music and more - it's all on offer at Tsutaya Daikanyama. This national chain..
Culture Shirakane Ishigura Museum Kathryn Wortley In Aira, near Kagoshima Airport, Shirakane Shuzou Co., Ltd. has been distilling shochu at its family ishigura (stone storage house)..
Activities Fun in Futami Arlene Bastion Futami isn't a name on every tourist's lips. But like pearls discovered in oysters, it has a scenic sea walk, 'married..
Transportation Road Trippin' Japan (Part One) Wanda Bodnar Some things to consider when driving around Japan in a campervan.