8 Food Tochigi’s Kurobane Sweetfish Tomoko Kamishima TOCHIGI: Kurobane, in the northeast of Tochigi, has been famous for sweetfish for 300+ years. Old-time riverside restaurants ...
6 Culture Kansen-en Park Anonymous Kansen-en Park is a beautiful park of green, located near Waseda University. The park is open to anyone between 7:00 a.m. and...
Culture Kyoto Tea Ceremony at Room Juan Yiwen Liang For the Japanese people, tea ceremony is not only a way to commune with the guests but also an art form to showcase its ancie...
16 Culture Sumida River Promenade in Asakusa Virginia Gonzalez Near the Asakusa Station, there is a nice and quiet promenade by the Sumida River perfect for doing sports, sightseeing and r...
8 Culture Miyajima's Five Story Pagoda Chantelle Silva Miyajima's Five Story Pagoda is a stunning five tiered pagoda positioned atop a hill on the island. Its bold color will draw ...
10 Culture Memorial Cathedral for World Peace in Hiroshima City Chantelle Silva The artefacts on display around the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace give the Cathedral a museum-esque feel
Culture Sumo Practice in Dazaifu Isamu Yoneda Hidden behind Dazaifu's main sites, is a lesser known one where men train their special art everyday to the point of brutal e...
10 Culture Shinagawa Shrine Karin Wu A shrine is usually dedicated to one deity, but one can pray for many different aspects of life here.
8 Transportation Isawa-onsen Station Takane Shoji If you visit Isawa-onsen station, you may want to stop for a second and look around the train station that was frozen in time.
9 Culture Tanabata Festival in Asakusa Anonymous Every year on July 7, the Kappabashi-dori street prepares for a special occasion: the Tanabata festival. There are vendors, p...
