Activities Sakuranbo Marathon in Higashine Rashaad Jorden The Sakuranbo Marathon is a popular event in Higashine, and finishers are rewarded with a symbol of Yamagata prefecture.
Culture Dressing Up for Nebuta Matsuri Helen Langford It's all about the bells for the author at the Nebuta Matsuri, held in Aomori the first week of August. It's said that they b...
Activities Yokohama Museum of Art Peter Sidell Yokohama Museum of Art is one of Japan's largest, with a range of special exhibitions and pieces from its impressive collecti...
Food Kikyou Restaurant Anonymous A quaint, homely little restaurant that serves Japanese cuisine and doubles as an Izakaya at night. A part of hotel Aoki, it...
Food Taiya Restaurant Anonymous Taiya Restaurant serves reasonably priced seafood and sweets in an exquisite old-fashioned Japanese interior. There’s also a ...
Culture Hanami Hotspots on the Keihan Line Ash The Keihan Line, one of the private train lines linking Kyoto and Osaka, features many of Kansai's most famous cherry blossom...
Culture Yokosuka's Tsukuihama Kankou Nouen Abby Rodriguez Would you like to eat as much freshly picked fruits like strawberries as you like?
Beauty & Spa Yamabushi Onsen Yupoka in Tsuruoka Rashaad Jorden Yamabushi Onsen Yupoka is a popular place for people to relax in Tsuruoka
Culture Yamate History Archives Tomoko Kamishima One of the preserved buildings, the Yamate History Archives (Shiryo-kan 山手資料館 ) now acts as an archive of the old Yamate...
Culture Visiting the Miyajima Oyster Festival Paul Walsh For two days every year on the second weekend in February Miyajima dishes out thousands of premium oysters for next to nothing.