Culture Kazahaya Traditional Arts Festival Anonymous Kazahaya fireworks festival, in the local port area near the island of Kashima
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
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
Activities Shingu Beach Tristan Scholze If you’re facing the water, Ainoshima is viewed straight on, and Oshima
Accommodation Hayama Hotel Otowa no Mori Harumi Inouye Imagine enjoying the Jacuzzi under the beautiful sky, viewing Izu-Oshima