13 Culture Shibata Sakura Festa - Castle Park Takako Sakamoto Every year in cherry blossom season, they hold the 'Shibata Sakura Festival' at the Funaoka Castle Park in Miyagi prefecture...
Beauty & Spa Poka Poka Onsen Dana Vielmetti Enjoy the healing waters of a natural hot spring without leaving the city!
16 Transportation Indian Crow, Kutchan Chris Barnes The Indian Crow specializes in hand-made flys and stocks an unbelievable range of fly tying accessories.
Culture Hio-Hachiman Shrine Anonymous One of the obvious characteristics of Hio-Hachiman Shrine is its profusion of stone lions or shishi, which stand in pairs on either..
13 Accommodation Hotel Maiko Villa Kobe Takako Sakamoto Hotel Maiiko Villa Kobe. Enjoy a romantic view of the Great Akashi Strait Bridge and local history at the same time.
8 Culture Yamate No.234 Tomoko Kamishima A private enterprise built an apartment house at Yamate No.234 for the purpose of coaxing back foreigners to devastated Yokohama,..
Activities Sampling Sake in Saijo, Hiroshima Chantelle Silva Saijo, to the east of Hiroshima, is home to a cluster of sake breweries which include some of the region's oldest and the nation's..