6 Food Café Puisto Sherilyn Siy The Tove Jansson Akebono Children's Forest Park in Hanno first opened 20 years ago and has since then been loved by generations...
Accommodation The Tea-themed Hotel 1899 Tokyo Sarah Koh Learn more about the newly opened Hotel 1899 Tokyo, a hotel that is centered around the Japanese tea experience while providing..
Pachinko: the Game You Must Play When Visiting Japan Japan Travel t’s hard to think of another country that attracts as much fascination as Japan. With a culture going back centuries, world-cl..
Activities Echigo Hillside Park Kim Bergström Nagaoka's Echigo Hillside Park is a wonderful spot for a family day out. Depending on the time of year you visit, you'll..
Shopping Five Must-Buy Soy Sauce Items Sherilyn Siy Since visiting the Soy Sauce Kingdom for the first time, I have been back several times. Here is my list of 5 must-buys for soy..
Food Rokudaime Keisuke's Ramen Sherilyn Siy Rokudaime Keisuke's tsukemen have noodles as thick as fettucine topped with generous tasty-looking slices of meat. The res..
Culture The Kitchen God of Sefa Utaki Bonson Lam Sefa Utaki is the Okinawan way of acknowledging the “ultimate ancestor”, the creator of the Ryukyu Islands. It is a place of r..
Culture West Side Story Sherilyn Siy Stage Around Tokyo is a unique theater in which the audience is rotated to view parts of the stage that encircles the audience..