9 Culture Hoonji Temple Chris Barnes The Hoonji Temple is home to the famous 500 Buddhist Disciples. This unique attract is one of Morioka's best.
Food Hakone’s Miyanoshita Naraya Café Tomoko Kamishima Even if you are not planning to take a long, hot spring bath in Hakone, having a nice cold beer while enjoying a leisurely footbath..
16 Culture Shiroyama Park in Southern Chiba Jessica A Paje Tateyama City is home to beautiful Shiroyama Park located in the Southern Boso Peninsula. Within the park are the restored Tat..
10 Supreme Garden of Tenryuji, Kyoto Takako Sakamoto The brilliant view of Sogenchi Pond Garden, which borrows scenery from Arashiyama, is just splendid. Great World Heritage Site!
Culture Ueno Mura Sky Bridge Hollie Mantle Up in the mountains of Gunma prefecture lays an extraordinary day excursion for nature enthusiasts and thrill seekers alike: Ueno..
14 Hatch a Dinosaur Egg! Takako Sakamoto Fukui Dinosaur Museum is everybody's favorite in Fukui because it's simply exciting! At the souvenir shop I bought a 'Dinosaur..
Culture Bekku Oyamazumi Shrine Anonymous Bekku Oyamazumi Shrine in Imabari is divided into three parts, each in a different style. It makes an interesting contrast with..
16 Anrakuji: A Temple of Peace, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Anrakuji Temple, Fukui, stands in the middle of nowhere in the center of vast rice fields. Here for centuries overlooking the ..