Activities Emerald-Blue Waters of Kabira Bay Alena Eckelmann Kabira Bay is a place of emerald-blue waters and white sandy beaches - a welcoming place for those who suffer from cold weath...
Area Hiroshima City Paul Walsh The explosion of the atomic bomb over the city on August 6, 1945 ensured that, henceforth, the city’s name would be one of th...
Shopping Den Den Town: Nipponbashi Ash Den Den Town, also known as Nipponbashi, is Osaka's answer to Akihabara.
Activities Mount Haguro’s Avenue of Centuries-old Cedar Trees Alena Eckelmann Mount Haguro is one of the Three Mountains of Dewa, or Dewa Sanzan, that are considered holy ground by the Japanese. Mount Ha...
Culture Rokkakudo in Matsuyama Anonymous The Rokkakudo is one of Matsuyama’s oddest shrines. This shrine belongs to Inari, the fox god, and there are statues of foxes...
Shopping Ozu Akarengakan & Pokopen Yokocho Anonymous Akarengakan in Ozu is a red-brick building that was originally a bank. Behind it is the Showa Period village, Pokopen Yokocho...
Activities Shosenkyo Gorge Todd Wojnowski Shosenkyo Gorge is a beautiful strip along the Arakawa River in Yamanashi Prefecture. Especially beautiful in the autumn, Sho...
Activities Holiday Illuminations at Hilltop Mandy Bartok Missing Christmas? Head to the Saishunkan Hilltop campus in Kumamoto for a massive display of holiday illuminations
Culture Kotobukiya Tyra 'nell Pille-Lu Explore Kotobukiya in Tokyo's Akihabara district, the flagship store of the famous toy and figure-maker, Kotobukiya.
