9 Activities Explore Beautiful Hakone by Trail Carrie Jacobs The nature walk from Hakone Botanical Garden to Togendai is a lovely, easy, nature walk. Highlights include Sengokuhara pampa...
10 Culture Kamakura's Ankokuron-ji Temple Larry Knipfing Ankokuron-ji is another of the many Nichiren sect temples in Kamakura. Located in the quiet Omachi area of the city, it is si...
6 Culture A Winter Day at Hasedera Temple Hana Joy Though it can be a little chilly, winter is an excellent season to visit Hasedera Temple in Kamakura.
11 Activities Yokohama's Sankei-en Garden in Snow Larry Knipfing Sankei-en Garden is generally recognized as one of Japan's most beautiful. Covered this day by a soft white blanket of snow, ...
9 Culture Kamakura's Chosho-ji Temple Larry Knipfing This temple is not very big but is quite pretty in autumn. There are interesting statues on the grounds that depict battles b...
11 Culture Inside a Kanagawa Sake Brewery Larry Knipfing The Kanei sake brewing company has been creating wonderful tasting sake for 150 years. The brewery is not large (but colorful...
Accommodation Hakone's Matsuzaka-ya Inn Tomoko Kamishima If you journey to Hakone and Ashino-yu’s lovely Matsuzaka-ya inn, remember the connection between Matsuzaka-ya, Copeland, and...
Food Fujisawa's Freshness Burger Cafe Christopher McLean If you are aching for a decent burger on a budget without succumbing to the likes of well known fast food chains, look no fur...
7 Culture Bluff No.18 Tomoko Kamishima With its orange roof, white walls and green window frames, Bluff No.18 is a very cute house. The garden is beautifully yellow...
Activities Yokohama Cosmo World Amusement Park Todd Wojnowski Yokohama Cosmo World is an amusement park in the center of Minato Mirai, and includes the giant Ferris wheel that is a promin...
