8 Activities Hakone's Awesome Owaku-dani Valley Tomoko Kamishima Intense energy is popping up from under the clefts of rocks all around you. Phreatic explosions are taking place right under ...
7 Culture Yokohama's Negishi Forest Park Tomoko Kamishima This park used to be a horse racetrack for over 80 years, mainly for the amusement of foreign residents. The grandstands (in ...
Area Niihama Mark Anderson Niihama City in Ehime Prefecture is a bustling industrial city of 124,000 people on the north coast of Shikoku. Although the ...
Activities Shioya Bay 9.5k Trim Marathon Jannine Myers Shioya Bay trim marathon - a pretty course that wraps around the bay in a lightly-populated area.
7 Culture Soja RetRoad Festival Judith Mikami Every September Soja City hosts a Retroad (retro + road) Festival to celebrate the tradition of the old main road with the ne...
10 Activities Nikko’s Senjogahara Josef Diermair Senjogahara, a 4 square kilometer marshland located just behind Ryuzu Falls, is simply amazing and I am psyched every time I ...
Accommodation Umi no Cho Justin Dart A wonderful resort onsen hotel overlooking the ocean featuring a private beach, bars, game room, and more
10 Culture Omikoshi Soneri Anonymous On the first Sunday of May, a general exhibition of Ehime's various festivals is held in the grounds of Matsuyama Castle. It ...
Activities Kourijima Magic Hour Half-Marathon Jannine Myers The Kourijima Magic Hour Half Marathon is a spectacular course with beautiful views and extras like pre-race entertainment an...
Culture Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2024 Laura Keating The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred ...
