Sponsored Activity Akan-Mashu National Park Featured Hokkaido as whole remains uncharted territory for many visitors to Japan, and even fewer make it out to the real countryside beyond..
Culture Buddha Hill in Makomanai, Sapporo Mar'yana Kovalchuk Buddha Hill is a complex designed by the Pritzker-winner architect Tadao Ando in Makomanai Takino Cemetery near Sapporo, Hokkaido...
Sponsored Outdoors Akan National Park: Hokkaido's Na... Featured Akan National Park is truly a wonder in all seasons. In winter the lake shines as the water freezes over and the ice-covered crater..
Arts & Crafts Otaru Port City Rey Waters Hokkaido Port City with Canal Zone, World Famous Sushi, Glassware, Breweries, Museums, Mt Tengu View, and shopping.
Culture Yoichi Matsuri, Otawara, Tochigi Louise Archer August Festival in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture honoring the local hero Nasu No Yoichi
14 Temples & Shrines Hokkaido Jingu, Sapporo Valerie Kor Children celebrate the shichi-go-san festival with their families at Hokkaido Jingu in Maruyama Park in Sapporo.
Culture Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples R.S. Reynolds I visit the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples in Abashiri and learn about Ainu culture
10 Gardens & Parks Farm Tomita, Furano Nicole Bauer Farm Tomita is a fascinating flower farm near Furano in central Hokkaido, focussing on the cultivation of lavender and all kinds..
