Culture Meeting with the Legend Jeanne Austry Do you want to learn more about ninjas ? Iga Ueno is the place to go ! An historical center of ninja clans, you can nowadays ...
Culture Sparkling Christmas at Shima Spain Village 2023 Kim The Sparking Christmas event at Shima Spain Village is set to include a 7-meter high Christmas tree and other decorations alo...
Culture Miquel Barceló Exhibition: Mie 2021 Kim A special exhibition taking place at the Mie Prefectural Art Museum looks at the works of Miquel Barceló (1957 -), who is rev...
Culture Suda Kokuta Exhibition 2020 Kim A special event taking place at the Paramita Museum in Mie looks at the works of Suda Kokuta, 30 years after his passing. The...
Culture East is West, and West is East at Rokkaen Chris Glenn From the east, it is western, from the west, it is eastern. What is it? It’s a Tokai region treasure, a stately home called...
Culture Samurai Gardens of Kitabatake Chris Glenn It’s hard to believe that the beautiful 14th Century Kitabatake Gardens, one of Japan’s three major samurai gardens, was the ...
Culture Osatsu Ama San, Woman Diver Museum Chris Glenn If you’ve ever seen the James Bond movie “You Only Live Twice”, you may remember scenes of the traditional Japanese white clo...
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...
7 Culture Spring at Miyagawa-Tsutsumi Park Ann Yamagishi With over 1000 cherry blossom trees, it is bar none Mie's most impressive sakura display
