Accommodation Ryokan Tsurugata Mandy Bartok Experience a night of luxury in one of Japan's most beautiful canal towns
Activities Noma Daibou and the Bath of Death Chris Glenn A 7th Century temple, and the site of the bathtime assassination of the great warrior Minamoto No Yoshitomo
Culture The Sacred Rocks of Meoto Iwa Chris Glenn South of Ise, just offshore from the village of Futamigaura, are the two symbolic and sacred rocks known as the Meoto Iwa, or "husband..
Culture Visiting Bansuiso Anonymous Bansuiso is a large villa, built in a 19th Century somewhat Gothic French style. It sits at the base of the hill where the castle..
Activities Heading to Fuji Rock Festival Rufus Starbuck The Fuji Rock Festival is one of the best outdoor music festivals of summer in Japan. Amazing music in the mountains. This short..
Culture Introducing Tokyo's Parks & Gardens Peter Sidell Tokyo has dozens of green spaces, from expansive tree-filled parks to intimate traditional landscape gardens.
Culture Osore-zan Peter Sidell On the Shimokita Peninsula in Japan's Aomori prefecture, Osore-zan is a truly unique place, a still-steaming extinct volca..
Culture Higashi Chaya Geisha Area, Kanazawa Erik OBrien Nowhere in Japan has touched me more than Kanazawa. Particularly Higashi Ochaya and the surrounding area. Hoping all those who travel..