Activities Chūson-ji Temple in Hiraizumi Tom Roseveare Hiraizumi is a beautiful, rural town in southern Iwate and makes for a spectacular introduction to both Tohoku and historical Japan...
Transportation Kumamoto Station Eitetsu Terakado Kumamoto Station is the main access point for Kumamoto City and Prefecture.
6 Accommodation Rooftop Views of Kamata Senén Germade Ten nights at Oakhouse Kamata 260, that means ten nights in a sixth floor room of an eight-storey building. When you live so h..
7 Culture Kitte Garden Senén Germade “Tokyo station is a very nice spot. You should go there if you have time. It is a beautiful building and the illumination is g..
Food A La Bonne Maman, Kanuma, Tochigi Stacy Kurokawa I live in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. At Christmas time, I yearn for the feeling of home. A warm kitchen. Conversation around..
11 Culture World Beer Museum, Yokohama Larry Knipfing The World Beer Museum, located in the Dockyard area of Landmark Tower, is not really a museum at all. It's a restaurant that..
Activities Fukui's Atagozaka Meredith Lescoe In the center of Fukui City, looking over all the hustle and bustle, rises a bastion of nature known as Asuwa Mountain. You co..
10 Culture Iwami Ginzan's Omori-cho Sandra Isaka The town of Omori is one of Japan's least known treasures. Hidden in Shimane Prefecture and rarely visited, it is now part of..