16 Culture The Warehouses of Kawaramachi Justin Velgus The Kawaramachi neighborhood of Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture is one of the city's few neighborhoods where you can see centu...
Activities 5 Spots for Spring Blooms in Aomori Kim Bergström Aomori Prefecture is known for some spectacular natural landscapes, and the spring months allow this natural beauty to really...
Culture Harvest Your Own Pearls Bryan Baier The Pearl Miki in Ise-Shima City in Japan's Mie Prefecture offers a pearl harvesting experience at a near-century-old pearl c...
Culture Sendai's Octopus Temple Justin Velgus The Tako Yakushi-do Temple (literally “Octopus Yakushi Hall”) is located alongside the Butai Hachiman Shrine in the Nagamachi...
Culture Yokohama Air Cabin Emi Takahata Yokohama Air Cabin's state-of-the-art cable cars will operate from April 22 2021. Through the interview with Mr Matsushita, G...
Activities New Year's Resolutions, Japan-style Kim Bergström With a new year comes the feeling of a fresh start, and many people use this as an opportunity to set some goals or resolutio...
Area Minakami Japan Travel Minakami in Gunma Prefecture is known as the outdoor adventure capital of Japan. With every season offering challenging and r...
Transportation Beppu Bus Coin Exchange Problem? Nguyễn Hà Nguyên Here is how to claim your money when the coin exchange machine on a bus in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture in Kyushu doesn't exc...
Activities A Day at the Beach in Kochi City’s Outskirts Japan Travel If you are looking for some relaxation and to see how the Japanese take time off, you should head east then south, for the co...
Culture Hoko-ji Peter Sidell Out in the countryside near Hamamatsu in central Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Hoko-ji is a beautiful Buddhist temple. Its hal...