Culture Former Nakamura Residence Elizabeth S The Former Nakamura Residence is an Edo Period home located a 12 minute walk from Koshigaya Laketown Station and the Laketown shopping..
Food How Do You Take Your Tea? Cathy Cawood Learning how tea is blended at Mixcha Tea Blending workshop experience in Shizuoka, sampling green and black Japanese teas at Green..
Activities Shizuoka's Green Tea Cathy Cawood Shizuoka Prefecture is a great place to visit tea farms and factories and learn more about green tea. 40 percent of Japan’s te..
6 Activities Peace Boat Sherilyn Siy The Peace Boat is not your usual vacation cruise ship. As participants visit different countries, they also explore issues of peace,..
Food Krung Siam Thai Restaurant Peter Sidell In Shibuya in the heart of downtown Tokyo, Krung Siam is a fun restaurant modeled after a food stand, serving authentic, affordable..
Culture Nagasaki Peace Memorial Hall Sleiman Azizi The Nagasaki Peace Memorial Hall offers visitors the chance to reflect on the lives lost in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945...
13 Culture Hattasan Sonei Temple in Shizuoka Illaura Rossiter Nestled in the forest on a mountain in Fukuroi City in central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture, Hattasan Sonei is a temple where..
8 Enkoji in Kyoto Illaura Rossiter In Japan's former imperial capital of Kyoto, Enkoji is a temple where you can sit and look out over beautiful Japanese gardens,..