Activities Shirabu Hot Springs in Yamagata - 2 Sarah Chaney If you visit Shirabu Hot Springs, I highly recommend stopping by Tengen-dai Plateau.
6 Culture Baigan Temple in Ome Maren Pauli Check out beautiful Baigan Temple in Tokyo which offers a nice view over Ome and is the starting point of a hiking trail.
Accommodation Aizuya Inn Featured Very affordable private Japanese-style rooms in Tokyo. A nice, laid back and friendly budget hostel.
Culture Japan's Birthplace of Hydroelectricity Justin Velgus Sankyozawa is a small admission-free museum attached to the Sankyozawa Hydroelectric Powerplant. The one generator facility d..
Culture Omikuji at Senso-ji Temple Cordelia Ding Omikuji are written fortunes offered at shrines and temples in Japan. Usually, omikuji require a small offering ( ¥100 usually..
Accommodation Nasu Onsen Sanraku Hotel Terrie Lloyd Japan's rich and famous head to the cooler highland areas in the summer, and one of the best known is Nasu Kogen. Even the imperial..
Food Masuda's Double Matcha Soft-Serve Cordelia Ding Uji is thought to be the first place in Japan to have mastered tea growing. Thus, it makes sense that Uji is so well-known for matcha...
Food Grilled Beef Tongue at Negishi Jeradyne Cheong Affordable, healthy and delicious grilled beef tongue meal at Negishi, along with some mugi-meshi (rice and barley) and tororo (yamato..