Culture “Your Name” Movie Real-life Location Tour Featured Originally built on a peninsula extending into Lake Suwa during the Edo
Accommodation Hotel NORD Otaru, Your Front-Row Seat to Otaru’s Ca... Joanna Ligon Day 2 – Breathtaking Scenery: Shakotan Peninsula and Otaru's Surroundings
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan-Inspired Travel Acti... Kim Bergström Whether you’d like to start your day with some peaceful sand dune yoga,... Yoga, with its emphasis on mindfulness and connection with nature, promotes
Culture Tanzan Jinja Jeanne Austry They decided to dethrone Soga no Iruka, leader of the Soga clan who had... Soga no Iruka was eventually killed by the plan hatched here in the Ishin
Food A Culinary Tour of Aichi Prefecture Brian MacDuckston The Chita Peninsula—just south of the prefecture's capital city of... Minami Chita Onsen The southern tip of the Chita Peninsula feels like the
Culture Omori Nori Museum Japan Travel During the Edo Period (1600–1868), the area of Omori in Ota Ward was known for its cultivation of nori, the crackly sheets of seaweed most commonly wrapped
Beauty & Spa Hasunuma Onsen Japan Travel Ota Ward, the largest of Tokyo’s 23 wards, counts 45 bathhouses scattered... Ota Ward is famous for its kuroyu, “black hot spring water” that has been
Activities Heiwajima Boat Races Sophia Qin Ota Ward is home to one of Japan’s few boat racing stadiums, where groups of six boats at a time compete in a watery arena in a sport not unlike horse