10 Culture Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Josef Diermair Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine is a small shrine compared to Kyoto-size shrines, but charming and very alive.
8 Activities Fukui's Tojinbo Cliffs Larry Knipfing Fukui's Tojinbo Cliffs are truly fascinating. Jutting out into the Japan Sea, they are at once, both beautiful and tragic.
Culture Nikko's Italian Villa Memorial Park Tomoko Kamishima The former Italian Embassy Villa in Nikko is now open to the public as a park. After Tochigi prefecture bought it quite recen...
9 Culture Fun at Odawara Castle Larry Knipfing Odawara is a rather sleepy town in Kanagawa except for its castle, which is beautiful in the spring around cherry blossom sea...
10 Activities A Day in Niimi City Judith Mikami Driving around Niimi City will surprise you with the pure beauty of nature and the beauty of man-made structures. A northern ...
Activities Kofujiyama Anonymous Kofujiyama (little Mt. Fuji) is the mountain on Gogoshima, the island that sits nearest the coastline of Matsuyama in the Set...
12 Activities Camping on the Shimanto River Nate Hill Waking up to the sound of the rushing Shimanto River, it calls you. The sun not quite up, you involuntarily stumble from your...
Activities Bokusui Park Paul Arenson-Kawano Shochu-loving poet's birth village beckons with its simple charm
Activities Kamikuroiwa Archaeological Museum Anonymous The Kamikuroiwa Archaeological Museum in Mikawa has an interesting collection of human bones and other prehistoric artifacts ...
Activities Nikko’s Kegon-no-taki Falls Tomoko Kamishima Kegon-no-taki Falls (華厳の滝) are spectacular falls that show us their mystic beauty throughout the year.
