Food Starbucks Dazaifu by Kengo Kuma Lester Goh As of 2015, Starbucks now has at least one outlet in every single prefecture... When you take a close look at it, each baton is a stocky 1-4 meters long
Activities Sanriku Fireworks Competition 2026 Mid Oct Over 15,000 fireworks will be launched between 6pm and 7:30pm (in 2024)
Activities Night Sakura Pilgrimage at Yasukuni Shrine 2026 Late Mar This special after-dark event was first introduced in 2023, and has quickly
Beauty & Spa Arima Onsen: One of Japan’s Oldest Hot Spring Towns Veronica Carnevale Recently renewed in August 2025, this hotel offers a truly rejuvenating... Shin-Kobe Station, take a JR Expressway Bus to Taikobashi bus stop (有馬温泉［
Aomori "Seagull Shrine" Burned Down Justin Velgus Nov 7, 2015 On November 5th around 4:20am, there was a fire at Kabushima Shrine in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture.
Accommodation Beppu Kamenoi Hotel Bradford Pomeroy The comfortable and convenient Kamenoi Hotel in Beppu is a 4-minute walk from JR Beppu Station in the downtown area near onsen, restaurants, and shopping
Food Shozan Restaurant in Sendai Justin Velgus In January 2023, "Shozan" restaurant opened inside a renovated portion of the original Katsuyama brewery in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Culture Pokémon X Kogei Nagasaki 2025 Sep 12th - Dec 7th 2025 Past Event successful stints in other parts of Japan, the Pokémon x Kogei exhibition is headed to the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture until December 7th, 2025