8 Culture Mukojima Hyakka-en Garden Manish Prabhune Plum blossoms in late February and early March precede the more mainstream and famous cherry blossom season. Personally I pre...
Culture Philatelic Museum, Mejiro, Tokyo Mary Kawai Postage stamp fans can view exhibits and enlarge their collections here.
Beauty & Spa Welcome to the Yarimi no Yu Bryan Baier With a pool of clear blue hot spring water situated on the banks of a river deep in the Northern Japanese Alps, the location ...
Area Otsu Cathy Cawood Ōtsu is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Ōtsu is known as the main port of Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan. ...
15 Culture Shimogamo Shrine Cathy Cawood Photos of World Heritage Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, one of Kyoto's two Kamo Shrines. Shimogamo pre-dates Kyoto becoming the I...
Transportation Yoshinogari-koen Station Senén Germade Quite often while traveling, you accidentally discover amazing places. Yoshinogari-koen Station, with access to the amazing Y...
Activities Gozain: Sendai's Volunteer Guides Justin Velgus The GOZAIN Sendai Volunteer English Interpreter and Tour Guide Group provides free tours and interpretation services in Engli...
Beauty & Spa Hiking in Hakone Valley Suwannee Payne Hakone has many hiking trails. Most of them are easy hiking courses like trails around the lake, the old Hakone Highway and t...
7 Culture Sherlock Holmes' Room, Kitano, Kobe Manish Prabhune I used to live in Kobe, within a minutes walk from the England House, one of the former foreign mansions, known as Ijinkan, i...
Culture Atami MOA Museum of Art Tomoko Kamishima Atami MOA Museum of Art: Enjoy Ogata Korin’s famous plum tree painting and real plum blossoms in February
