11 Culture Oyama Dera Temple's Unique Statues Larry Knipfing Everywhere you go on Mt. Oyama, you can find Buddhist and Shinto statues, some quite old and some quite beautiful.
13 Culture Fall at Entsuin Garden Andrew Kehoe Entsuin Garden is a large beautiful zen garden and crafts museum adjacent to Zuigan-ji in Matsushima.
11 Culture Snowfall in Ginza Manish Prabhune Snowfall in Tokyo is rare and it usually does not happen more than once a year. This photo story captures the relatively dese...
8 Culture Mukojima Hyakka-en Garden Manish Prabhune Plum blossoms in late February and early March precede the more mainstream and famous cherry blossom season. Personally I pre...
Culture Philatelic Museum, Mejiro, Tokyo Mary Kawai Postage stamp fans can view exhibits and enlarge their collections here.
Area Otsu Cathy Cawood Ōtsu is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Ōtsu is known as the main port of Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan. ...
15 Culture Shimogamo Shrine Cathy Cawood Photos of World Heritage Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, one of Kyoto's two Kamo Shrines. Shimogamo pre-dates Kyoto becoming the I...
7 Culture Sherlock Holmes' Room, Kitano, Kobe Manish Prabhune I used to live in Kobe, within a minutes walk from the England House, one of the former foreign mansions, known as Ijinkan, i...
Culture Atami MOA Museum of Art Tomoko Kamishima Atami MOA Museum of Art: Enjoy Ogata Korin’s famous plum tree painting and real plum blossoms in February