Culture Akino Fuku Art Museum, Hamamatsu Peter Sidell In the Tenryu area north of Hamamatsu in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, the Akino Fuku Museum is a charming art museum, hous..
Miyajima Itsukushima Shrine Tomoko Kamishima The original formal procedure to worship Itsukushima Shrine was to pass through the big red torii gate on a special boat.
Food Tonkatsu Hamakatsu Restaurant Chain Christie Petrakopoulou Tonkatsu Hamakatsu restaurant chain: Delicious, inexpensive, Japanese food
Shopping Sun Mall Ben Wade Due north of the station, Sun Mall is a long, glass-covered arcade running for several blocks and filled with over a hundred shops..
Shopping Nakano Broadway Daryl Grimes Nakano Broadway is a brightly lit behemoth pulsing with action.
Shopping Ai Road Selena Hoy Road is lined with tasteful shops and pretty lanterns whose theme changes according to the season.
Shopping Mandarake Daryl Grimes Mandarake is a chain of stores that specializes in buying and reselling Japanese pop culture merchandise.
Shopping Welcome to Nakano Selena Hoy Nakano is a study in contrasts: here, octogenarian grannies haul shopping carts toe-to-toe with quirkily dressed young fashionistas,..