10 Lights in the Port Town of Kobe Masayoshi Hirose Beautiful night-time lights of the exotic port town of Kobe make me yearn for unknown foreign countries.
11 Tohoku Safari Park: Animal Adventure Justin Velgus Tohoku Safari Park (東北サファリパーク) is a drive through safari park in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture. Some animals are ...
Accommodation Kuretake Inn Central Hamamatsu Peter Sidell Kuretake Inn Central Hamamatsu in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture is a clean, comfortable and very inexpensive business hotel, co...
Nightlife Selfish, Hamamatsu Peter Sidell Selfish is an inexpensive bar/restaurant in central Hamamatsu in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, serving reasonably priced Medit...
9 Kanbara's Izumiya Cafe & Shop Sandra Isaka Shizuoka's Izumiya is a cafe, shop, and spot for practicing traditional weaving. It is located Kanbara-juku, the 15th post to...
Food Coffee Ramen in Tokyo Jonathan D Is this the antithesis of Tampopo, the Japanese movie about a woman trying to create the perfect bowl of ramen? Probably. In ...
10 Snow at Rokusho Shrine Cathy Cawood Snow brought extra beauty to this local Yamashina shrine at the start of a trail into the Higashiyama Hills in Kyoto.
14 Culture Kizakura Kappa Museum Cathy Cawood Sake Brewery in Fushimi, Kyoto has a small museum with Japanese water goblin artifacts and a collection of artwork featuring ...
9 Illuminated Underground Malls Masayoshi Hirose Strolling around underground malls of Osaka and Hankyu Umeda Department Store concourses after work at Christmas time.