Beauty & Spa Hakone: A Day Trip to Remember Ciara Lynch Hakone is less than 100 kilometres from Tokyo, full of beautiful and amazing hot springs and is incredibly close to the infam...
Culture Ikuta Shrine in Kobe Manish Prabhune Amid the small bustling lanes of Sannomiya in Kobe you can find the wonderful Ikuta Shrine, which is possibly one of the olde...
Activities Odori Park Dan Traylor From the snow festival in February to the beer gardens in July, Odori Park is a hub for events in Sapporo
Activities Kiyotsu Gorge in Tokamachi Rufus Starbuck Beautiful natural scenery at Kiyotsu Gorge with its distinctive rock faces rising up right in front of you.
Accommodation I Love Backpackers Hostel, Minakami Rufus Starbuck I Love Backpackers hostel in Minakami is cheap and cheerful accommodation run by I Love Outdoors. Minakami Station is close b...
Culture Step back in time at Shirakawago Suwannee Payne Flow back in time at the village of Shirakawago, enjoying traditional farmhouses and a small charming shrine
Food Usugawa Taiyaki Taikichi Laura Welch Taikichi is a local taiyaki specialty store. The main store offers a wide variety of flavors, with weekly specials that chang...
Culture Takekoma Inari Shrine Andrew Kehoe Takekoma is located in Iwanuma, Japan and is the second oldest Inari shrine in all of Japan.
Culture Kyushu's Aso Shrine Mandy Bartok Aso Shrine - boasting one of the largest gates at a shrine anywhere in Japan - is an oft-overlooked stop in Aso town in Kuma...
Culture The Museum of Imperial Collections Etsuko Yamada I believe the Imperial Palace is one of the most famous places in Japan. Yet, I wonder how many people know that the Imperial...
