Activities Furano: Story of Potatoes & Tulips Ryohei Suenaga From potatoes to tulips, bears to seals, the story of Furano’s pioneers will inspire you with beauty and admiration.
Activities Bay Stars DeNA Baseball Game Larry Knipfing If you are a baseball lover and have been captivated over the years by the magical performances of Nomo, Matsui, and Ichiro, ...
Culture Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trails Alena Eckelmann For over 1,000 years Kumano has attracted Japanese worshippers and seekers, and old trails, more or less intact, cross-cross ...
Area Imabari Anonymous Near the port in Imabari (今治市, Imabari-shi) is a huge, beautifully made ship’s propeller displayed as sculpture. It looks ...
Culture Surrealism Beyond the Canvas 2026 Sébastien Raineri A century after its formal definition by André Breton in 1924, surrealism continues to resist containment. Born as a literary...
Activities Yokohama Nogeyama Park and Zoo Steve Morton Nogeyama Park and Zoo: Experience some genuine peace and quiet within a short walk from Yokohama`s bustling Minato Mirai dist...
Food Three Things to Eat in Echizen Jerome Lee Echizen city in Fukui Prefecture is famous for the Big Three: oroshi soba, volga rice and chuka soba. Discover the city's ori...
Culture Otsuka Museum of Art, Tokushima Takako Sakamoto The unique Otsuka Museum of Art has more than 1,000 faithfully reproduced replicas of western masterpieces of art in their or...
Food Fab Café Xia Fei Chiew Fab Cafe, a place where you can get your tea and coffee fix along with making your own laser-cut coasters and 3D printing.
Culture Kyoto Konchi-in’s Tsuru-Kame Garden Tomoko Kamishima Kyoto's Konchi-in Temple Garden was designed by Kobori Enshu (1579-1647) in around 1630, but it was a talented gardener named...
