Culture Chiyoda City Ward - Parks & Gardens Sleiman Azizi Highlighted by the incredible Kokyo Gaein National Garden, Chiyoda City Ward also features a number of other beautiful parks and..
Activities Fukiage Iris Park Kim Bergström The Fukiage Iris Park comes alive with color around June, with plenty of iris varieties in bloom.
Culture Adachi City Ward - Parks & Gardens Sleiman Azizi Adachi is one of central Tokyo's 23 city wards and is home to a number of parks and gardens worth visiting. These include Shoubunuma..
Shopping Gachapon: a Cheap Souvenir Favorite Kim Bergström Gachapon (often also written as gashapon) are small, trinket-type souvenirs dispensed from vending machines, and you'll find..
Activities Mount Kongo Gary Luscombe Mount Kongo is the highest mountain in Osaka and from its summit, you can view the whole of the prefecture at once. It is also a..
Culture Regional Crafts - Kyushu Sleiman Azizi Japan's Kyushu region is home to eight prefectures and many more traditional crafts. Some include Beppu take-zaiku bamboo craft..
Culture Japan Olympic Museum Sherilyn Siy The Olympic flame lit from a sacred site in ancient Olympia in Greece is kept alive at the Japan Olympic Museum. Learn more about..
Culture Matsue's Kounkaku Kim Bergström Matsue's Kounkaku was built to entertain the Emperor of Japan in the early 1900s. Since then, it's been a venue for events..