Culture In Search of the Sakai Daimyo in Tsuruoka City Alena Eckelmann The Sakai, a samurai clan that originated in the 14thcentury, became chief retainers to the Shoguns of the Tokugawa Clan. The Sakai..
11 Food The Owls of Fukuro Sabo Cafe Michelle Montano Interact with the mysterious and adorable owls at Fukuro Sabo Owl Cafe in Kokubunji, Tokyo.
Activities Artizon Museum Chantelle Silva The Artizon Museum houses a beautiful collection of works from both local Japanese artists and renowned Western artists.
Culture Nagoya Castle Ruins in Saga Tristan Scholze Visit the ruins of Nagoya Castle (Saga Prefecture), the short-lived second-largest in Japan. Built to invade a continent, it was..
10 Activities Hibiya Park in Autumn Josef Diermair Hibiya park in Tokyo covers an area of 161,636.66m2 between the east gardens of the Imperial Palace to the north, and the Shimbashi..
Activities Pinon Inn Aline Laborde Pinon Inn is only a fifteen minute walk to the famous stone steps of Ikaho, Ikaho Temple and the curving red Kajika Bridge. The..
15 Fukui's Nishiyama Park Zoo Takako Sakamoto Nishiyama Park Zoo in Sabae city, Fukui, is famous for its lovely red pandas. Also, some cute squirrel monkeys were added to the..
12 Culture Pottery Kilns at Shigaraki Cathy Cawood See climbing kilns at Shigaraki, a town that has produced pottery for thousands of years, and is one of the 'Six Old Kilns of..