Culture Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Arlene Bastion This Museum is educational and enlightening. It reveals the processes of temple building, paying tribute to the craftsmen an...
Culture Suita Fire Festival 2027 Kim Bergström The annual Suita Fire Festival at Osaka's Jōkō Enmanji Temple has a history of around 1300 years, and is often referred to as...
Culture Nankinmachi Spring Festival 2027 Kim Bergström If you're in the Kobe area and looking for a way to celebrate Lunar New Year, check out the Nankinmachi Spring Festival. The ...
Culture A Journey to West Nara Tom Roseveare The West Nara area is a cultural pocket of rich historical and cultural significance, located in the northwestern part of Nar...
Kahoen Sakura Festival 2027 Kim Bergström Kahoen is a mountainside garden in Kyoto known for its seasonal beauty, particularly the numerous sakura trees that bloom dur...
Culture Arima Or Gero? Scott Brause Arima and Gero onsens, both on the island of Honshu, have been reecognized for centuries as two of the 'Three Renowned Onsen ...
Wakayama All Meat Festa 2027 Kim Bergström The All Meat Festival in Wakayama will include around 60 stalls serving up all manner of tasty meat-based eats, along with st...
Food Shu'n Wine and Dine Swissotel Namba Bonson Lam Onkochishin is a philosophy that I often associate with the chefs of Osaka. Confucius explains, “Exploring the old and deduci...
Culture Kahoen Hydrangea Festival 2026 Kim Bergström During peak hydrangea season, Kyoto's Kahoen garden is set to be filled with around 10,000 hydrangea bushes in bloom.
Culture Yamashina Gishi Matsuri at Bishamondo-Monzeki 2026 rachel teo The Bishamondo-Monzeki is a Buddhist Tendai temple located in Yamashina, Kyoto. Every December, the temple commemorates the l...
