Accommodation Hayama Hotel Otowa no Mori Harumi Inouye Imagine enjoying the Jacuzzi under the beautiful sky, viewing Izu-Oshima
Culture Basho. Haiku or Ninja Master? Chris Glenn Records of the Exposed Bones, A Visit to Kashima Shrine, Records of the
Accommodation First Inn Capsule Hotel, Takamatsu Peter Sidell #39; walk from Kotoden Kataharamachi station, from which you can get to Yashima
Area Fukushima City Fukushima, meaning “Happy Island” is a city nestled between mountains in the Abukuma Valley. At 37 degrees latitude North it is just below Athens, Greece. The heavy snowfalls of winter, however,..
Culture Yokoo Tadanori Museum, Kobe Peter Sidell more imaginative juxtapositions; a painting-within-a-painting of Yukio Mishima
Culture Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Kagawa Peter Sidell The town of Mure on the Yashima plateau east of Takamatsu is known for
Culture Hakone’s Mt. Komagatake Tomoko Kamishima Fuji and a chain of Hakone mountains on the left; Odawara, Yokohama, Ohshima
Activities Giants Baseball Game at Tokyo Dome Todd Wojnowski spoons to properly applaud the 8-inning pitching gem we were witnessing by Toshiya