Nightlife Soh Soh on Ropeway Dori Anonymous Soh Soh on fashionable Ropeway Street boasts a daily lunch set with loads of vegetables, that brings joy to your body. Served...
Area Nakatsugawa Justin Dart “The Kiso Road is all in the mountains.” “Spring is slow coming to my mountain home” - Toson Shimazaki wrote when describing ...
Culture Shinno-sai Festival 2026 Jeannie Gan Held annually on 22nd to 23rd November, Shinno-sai is the last festival to be held in Osaka, thus also known as the Tome-no-m...
Transportation Tsurumai Line Subway Chris Glenn Officially titled the “Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 3”, Nagoya’s Tsurumai Line subway system links the Meitetsu groups busy...
Shopping Beautiful ceramics at Sou Sou Anonymous Sou Sou is a wonderful little tableware shop just a short walk from Ishite Temple selling exquisite ceramics at reasonable pr...
Area Yamato Takada Paul Hackshaw Inhabited since ancient times, the city area nurtured paddy field agriculture in the fertile Nara Basin since its pre-history...
Culture Koshin-an Anonymous Koshin-an is a pretty hermitage in the middle of urban Matsuyama, built by the haikuist Kurita Chodō who lived until 1814. It...
Shopping Handa Dashi Festival Chris Glenn Japan’s greatest Dashi, or parade float festival, the Handa Dashi Festival happens every 5 years in Handa, just south of Nag...
Food Japanese Beer in Hokkaido Scott Walker From mainstream to boutique, this is everything you need to know about Hokkaido beer.
