17 An Outing to Fukushima Radica Sooknarine Located in the south of the Tohoku region, Fukushima is the third largest prefecture in Japan. Unfortunately, since the Great...
12 Night-time View of Exotic Nagasaki Masayoshi Hirose I visited Nagasaki to take photos of its night views. Nagasaki has a lot of 'night-view spots' other than the famous Mt. Inasa.
Illuminara Connie Ng Nara lights up for Illuminara. By night fall Kasuga Taisha is a luminous garden adorned by thousands specks of lights. From J...
18 Splendors of Enoshima Island George Popescu Enoshima Island: Great day trip from Tokyo. Shrines, fishing, boating and more.
10 Gorgeous Pagoda Looming in the Dark Masayoshi Hirose Five-storied pagoda at Ruriko-ji Temple in Yamaguchi Prefecture: The mystic view of this pagoda illuminated on dark nights me...
Shopping Lapis Design & Art Supply Saskia Gilmour Lapis Design & Art Supply is an art supply store conveniently located only 2 minutes walk from Roppongi station, Tokyo.
14 Toko-ji in Kofu Cathy Cawood This Kamakura Period temple has a dry garden with magnificent standing rocks, and a pond shaped like the ideogram for 'dragon'.
Nightlife Tanabu Festival 2026 Shawn Swinger Tanabu Festival is a centuries old celebration of the end of summer involving colorful lights, massive moving shrines, dancer...
Activities A Walk through Nara Park Stefanus Husin A large park in the eastern part of Nara City filled with deer
13 Katsuragi-Hitokotonushi Shrine Cathy Cawood Nara shrine of a Shinto god who only listens to one-word prayers. The shrine also has a 1200 year old sacred gingko tree.
