9 Hakusan Shrine at Taicho-ji Temple Takako Sakamoto On the grounds of Taicho-ji Temple in Fukui, there is a small shrine standing alone in the deep woods.
11 Fox Shrine Inside Taicho-ji Temple Takako Sakamoto The Fox Shrine inside Taicho-ji Temple in Fukui doesn't have fox statues. There is a 'cemetery' of broken jizo statues in an ...
Gardens & Pagoda of Eikan-do Temple Tomoko Kamishima The Gardens and Pagoda of Eikan-do Temple: The murmur of the streams was comfortable to my ears. And maple leaves beautiful w...
Accommodation Delightful, Traditional Onsen Hotel Louise Archer Old fashioned, charming Onsen Hotel on the banks of the Hokigawa river in Shiobara onsen. It has been in the same family for ...
Food Maizuru Toretore Seafood Markets Bonson Lam The connections between crabs and Japan go back a long way, to the time of myths and legends. Many people know about the halc...
Culture Ibaraki: Top Things to Do Tom Roseveare Our top ten outlines the best sightseeing spots and things to do around Ibaraki prefecture, including nature discoveries and ...
Culture Simply Oishii – Cooking Lessons Camille Dufour-Blain A great way to immerse yourself in the Japanese culture is to learn how to make proper Japanese meals.
9 Gunkanjima: Undersea Entrance No. 3 Masayoshi Hirose The history and metamorphoses of the 'Undersea Coal Mine Island', Gunkanjima in Nagasaki.
Moshi Moshi Nippon Festival 2014 Roxanne L W The festival that spreads Japanese pop culture all over the world through music, food and fashion.
16 Taicho-ji Temple: A Jizo Paradise Takako Sakamoto When I visited Taicho-ji Temple in Fukui, I expected to see something related to the famous monk Taicho but, instead, many ji...
