Culture Daigaku Festival at Ikune Shrine 2024 Jul 24th - Jul 25th Centering around an impressive array of almost a hundred lanterns, this is a festival worth a trek to attend. If traditional Japanese..
Food Oyatsumura Street Food Cordelia Ding The popular Japanese cakes shaped like small fish are called "taiyaki" which translates directly to "baked seam bream. At this small..
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...
Culture Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Shushma R A thousand wisdoms of Buddha in Arashiyama Kyoto, near the bamboo forest grove.
12 Culture Kumano Hongu's Oyunohara Torii Gate Larry Knipfing Standing 33.9 meters tall and 42 meters wide, the Hongu Oyunohara Torii Gate, also known at 'Otorii' (O means “big”) w..
9 Culture Sandanbeki Cliffs and Caves Larry Knipfing The Sandanbeki pirate Cliffs and Caves in Wakayama are mysterious and fun!
12 Culture Iseshima: Location 2016 G7 Summit Sarah Chaney Affectionately reffered to as "Oise-san," I visited Ise Shrine before the G7 summit in May. Although there are are over 120 shrines..