12 Culture Onshi Hakone Park in Spring Tomoko Kamishima Strolling around Onshi Hakone Park and enjoying several kinds of cherry trees and a great view of Mt. Fuji over the lake will...
11 Culture Lalique Museum, Hakone Tomoko Kamishima Lalique Museum exhibits stunning jewelry and glass art of René Jules Lalique, a prominent French artist. He also designed int...
12 Culture Tokei-ji Temple in spring Tomoko Kamishima After the cherry blossoms are gone, the tourist season in Kamakura has a short break. But the flowers in Tokei-ji Temple pass...
11 Culture Kamakura’s Jokomyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Jokomyo-ji Temple is located in a quiet valley almost at the middle of JR Kita-Kamakura and Kamakura Station.
12 Culture Kamakura’s Eisho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Eisho-ji Temple has been a nunnery since it was established in 1636. The founder of this temple was a woman who once was Toku...
7 Culture Kamakura's Kakuon-ji Temple Larry Knipfing Kamakura's Kakuon-ji Temple is interesting and pretty. Tours, led by a priest, start at 10:00, 11:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00....
7 Culture Chinese New Year In Chinatown Dave Collymore Go and experience Chinese the new year celebrations in Yokohama Chinatown!
6 Culture Kanagawa's Mitsuike Park, Tsurumi Ramon Geoffrey Evangelista Any other day, Mitsuike seems like a common, ordinary park. But as spring arrives, like magic, the park is turned into a wond...
11 Culture Kamakura Jufuku-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima The grounds that Jufuku-ji now stand on, had a strong connection with the Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333).
Culture Yokohama's Chinese New Year: Day 1 Todd Wojnowski Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays, and what better place to spend it in Japan than Y...