9 Culture Cherry Blossoms at Fukui Castle Takako Sakamoto If asked where the best spot for viewing cherry blossoms is in Fukui, most people would say the Asuwa Riverside, since it was...
6 Culture Yatsushiro Castle Ruins Eitetsu Terakado The Yatsushiro Castle Ruins are a great place for taking a walk and resting. There's also a shrine.
7 Activities Snowshoeing in Joestu National Park C. Rio Rising early on the second-to-last day of 2013 to crisp still air and clear blue skies, I realized it was a perfect day for s...
Culture Kabuki in Komatsu: Ataka-no-Seki Takako Sakamoto If you are a big fan of Kabuki, or even if you are not, if you have ever seen any TV dramas or movies featuring Minamoto no Y...
Culture Kyoto Shisen-do Villa Tomoko Kamishima The autumn beauty at Shisen-do Villa is amazing, with a garden sparkling with bright red maples. This was once a residence of...
Activities Kita City Asukayama Museum Justin Velgus The Kita City Asukayama Museum is a local history museum in Tokyo's Kita ward. It's exhibits include artifacts and informatio...
Food Magic India, Shimoda Peter Sidell Less than a minute from the station in Shimoda on Japan's Izu Peninsula, Magic India has tasty Indian curries at reasonable p...
Culture 3331 Arts Chiyoda Peter Sidell Near Akihabara in central Tokyo, 3331 Arts Chiyoda is a lively modern art venue in a renovated junior high school, holding a ...
6 Food Kunigami Inobuta Michael Flemming Kunigami Inobuta offers authentic Okinawan cuisine using wild pig's meat in the place of pork
12 Culture Kyoto Shinnyo-do Temple Tomoko Kamishima Located on a hilltop along the Shirakawa River, this temple has been a Buddhist training school for 1000 years. Besides the s...
