Activities Sightseeing around Sounkyo Evan Pike Sounkyo is a beautiful area that is part of Daisetsuzan National Park located about 65km from Asahikawa.
Activities Kawayu Eco-Museum Center R.S. Reynolds I visit the Kawayu Eco-Center Museum in Kawayu-Onsen to get park and nature information.
Food Kometarou Restaurant, Minami Uonuma Rufus Starbuck Rice cooked in the traditional way at Kometarou Restaurant in Ishiuchi/Shiozawa. The restaurant is an old farmhouse that maintains..
Accommodation Japan's Best of the Best Onsen Julian Bohler Taiyo no Sato: Bettei Umi to Mori was voted Japan's number one high end ryokan in 2014. Located just a couple of hours Eas..
Culture Kishiwada Danjiri Hall Mary Kawai An interactive museum celebrating the Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri.
16 Spring at Tachiki Shrine in Kusatsu Cathy Cawood Twenty minutes walk from Kusatsu Station along a traditional street will bring you to Tachiki Shrine which has deer statues and..
6 Culture Akita Kanto Matsuri Festival Bonson Lam The heroics of the lantern bearers loom large and you can come close and personal with the teams vying for the best kanto bearer...
Culture John Wells Bizenyaki Pottery Artist Judith Mikami John Wells American bizenyaki potter based in Bizen City for over three decades.