Activities Koiwai Farm Justin Velgus Koiwai Farm was founded in 1891 by Masaru Inoue, Makoto Ono, and Yanosuke. They pooled their finances and engineering know ho...
Food Marukin Omachidou Anonymous A Japanese home-style restaurant, with a wide variety of dishes all done extremely well. Despite the high quality, taste and ...
Culture Toki-no-mori Park on Sado Island Alena Eckelmann Toki-no-mori Park on Sado Island-Rare sight of the Japanese Crested Ibis
Culture Nijo Castle: Former Imperial Residence Katrina Webber Built under the order of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Nijo-jo has served as the home of the Tokugawa shogun, an Imperial property, and is...
Activities A Grain of Film History: Tottori Sand Dunes Alena Eckelmann Imagine an over 30 km² expanse of sand, sand, and more sand, stretched out along the ocean in Japan’s San‘in Region. Welcome ...
Activities Tsukuba-san day hike from Tokyo Sarah Mathews Tsukuba-san in Ibaraki prefecture offers an easy and rewarding day hike from Tokyo.
Activities Tokyo Port's Wild Bird Park Louise Bonsack Ôi Container Terminal is an important part of Tokyo’s reality. As are, in their field, the natural ponds and tiny frogs of To...
Beauty & Spa Poka Poka Onsen Dana Vielmetti Enjoy the healing waters of a natural hot spring without leaving the city!
Culture Enoshima's Samuel Cocking Garden Tomoko Kamishima Located at the top of Enoshima Island is the Samuel Cocking Gardens. The gardens themselves are not that interesting, but the...
Beauty & Spa Echigo-Yuzawa Alena Eckelmann From Tokyo to the ski resort in less than 80 minutes-Echigo-Yuzawa is calling all snow enthusiasts in Tokyo!
