Culture The 5 Hardest Things About Japanese Emma Sletteland From the complex writing system and opposite sentence structure, to the similar sounds and sheer speed at which the language is spoken, there are quite
Nightlife Bar Star Dust Kotaro Toda This beloved bar on Yokohama's wharf may have missed the Korean War, but it was no stranger to the war effort, serving as a logistics hub during the Vietnam
Culture Bring Your Tokyo to Life Featured From anime to live-action movies to travel magazines, the sprawling metropolis... Past the metropolis, in western Tokyo, lush mountains home to challenging
Food What to Treat Yourself With? Elena Lisina I’m not big fan of sweets in general but I always find time to taste different... In many cafés you can order desserts to your taste, Cold Stone Creamery
Activities Bicycle Ride to Inasanohama Beach Kim Bergström One of the best nearby places to check out is the iconic Inasanohama Beach, famous for Bentenjima Shrine.
Activities Senjojiki - A Thousand Tatami Mats Amanda Ho The name Senjojiki literally means one thousand tatami mats and it looks like several thousand tatami mats joined together.
36 Culture The 2019 Wano Akari Exhibition Elena Lisina The Wano Akari Exhibition features unique compositions of lights placed in numerous elaborately decorated rooms inside of Hyakudan Kaidan, an old house
Culture Guide to Chiba Prefecture's Castles Elizabeth S Overview A trip to Japan isn’t complete without a visit to a castle.... However, interest in castles never really disappeared, and in the heady