Culture Create Your Own Adventure in Uchiko, Ehime Prefecture Geoff Day After arriving in Matsuyama City by plane, car, or limited-express train, take a train heading southwest to Uchiko. Leaving t...
Culture Sakurayama Wind Chime Festival 2025 Kim Bergström During summer, Takayama’s historic Sakurayama Hachiman Shrine comes alive with the gentle sounds of the Sakurayama Wind Chime...
Area Hida City Tom Roseveare Hida City, situated in Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, lies amid the scenic mountains of the Chūbu region. With a history d...
Activities Settsukyo Park Sakura Festival 2026 Kim Bergström Renowned as one of the best cherry blossom viewing spots in the region, Settsukyo Park boasts approximately 3000 cherry trees...
Activities Night Sakura Pilgrimage at Yasukuni Shrine 2026 Kim Bergström For three nights in late March, Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine will host the Night Cherry Blossom Pilgrimage, an event that invites ...
Culture Moving of the Seto Canal Carp 2025 Japan Travel Hida embraces the arrival of winter by organizing an event to remove carp from the canal. The labor-intensive and—perhaps tim...
Shopping Watanabe Sake Brewery Japan Travel Surrounded by dramatic mountain ranges and blessed with a supply of some of the purest water in Japan, Watanabe Sake Brewery ...
Culture Hiruga Underwater Tug-of-War 2026 Kim Bergström Dating back to the early 17th century, the Hiruga Underwater Tug-of-War event is a prayer for a bountiful fish catch, featuri...
Planning Japan Travel KK Achieves Travelife Partner Level Japan Travel Amsterdam, February 20th, 2025 The Travelife Partner level award was received today by Japan Travel KK (Japan). The award rec...
Activities 5 Reasons to Visit Showa Kinen Park in Spring Kim Bergström Tokyo's Showa Kinen Park is one beautiful place well worth exploring during the spring season, and this guide covers five gre...