Culture Jimbocho Book Festival 2025 Late Oct The Jimbocho Book Festival celebrates this aspect of the city's culture, and the event has been running for 30 years now.
Food The Different Styles of Sake Fiona Yoshitake While you may think of sake as a clear, colorless beverage with a water-like appearance, this is far from the case!
Activities World Daruma Challenge at Katsuo-ji 2025 Apr 13th - Oct 13th As Osaka welcomes the world for Expo 2025, Katsuo-ji Temple is launching a unique cultural event to mark the occasion.
Transportation New Shinkansen Luggage Rules Serena Ogawa Apr 20, 2020 With its sleek design and unmatched speed, it’s a great way to see the... with large luggage can be a hassle, not only for those doing the lugging but
Culture Tokushima Yokai Festival 2025 Mid Nov Often thought of as ghosts by overseas visitors, yokai are more akin to... supernatural creatures who go about their work helping people or, for
Accommodation Live Like a Modern Samurai Tristan Scholze substituting dictionary equivalents of words—instead they artistically create... the second language, imagining what this person would say in the same situation
Yamagata Greets 4.5 Million Tourists Justin Velgus Sep 2, 2015 Yamagata greets 4.5 Million tourists in fiscal year 2014, overcoming challenges with a destination campaign.
Planning Explore Tokyo: ‘Tokyo Tuttle Travel Pack’ Yeo Jin Cho in Harajuku and temples in Asakusa but he also considered activities such... nature as well.