13 Momiji-yama Garden, Shizuoka Peter Sidell Inside Sunpu Park in Japan's Shizuoka City, Momiji-yama garden is a beautiful, traditional stroll garden, with a teahouse, a tranquil carp pond and a miniature
Activities Yokohama's Okura-yama Park Tomoko Kamishima When the spring wind begins to blow, 200 plum trees heralding the coming of the cherry blossom season, burst into bloom at Okura-yama Park.
Culture Ama-no-Iwato Mandy Bartok in rural Miyazaki’s Takachiho village, but nowhere more so than at the Ama-no-Iwato... At Ama-no-Iwato, the old myth of Amaterasu plays out in a shallow cave
Activities Going Wild at Tama Zoo Steve Morton Tama Zoo: A walk around a Zoo with a difference! One that provides for the animals as well as the visitors
7 Culture Sayama Park and Lake Tama Brian Wood-Koiwa Sayama park forms the eastern slope of the dam that created Lake Tama with views of Mt Fuji to the west and the skyscrapers of Shinjuku to the east on
11 Activities Kamakura’s Shichiri-ga-hama Shore Tomoko Kamishima Shichiri-ga-hama is a very popular place for surfing throughout the year because of its complicated wave patterns, especially after typhoons.
Beauty & Spa Yama-no-yu, Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck Yama-no-yu is a public onsen run by Yuzawa town in Niigata.
Shopping Around Tama-Plaza Station Jerome Lee The Tama Plaza Terrace is located right next to Tama-plaza Station on the Tokyu Den-entoshi Line, and is a great place for shopping and eating