6 Culture Netsuke Art by Motomasa Kurita Robert Van Egghen Gorgeous, intricate, beautiful with a practical purpose, the examples at the Autumn exhibition at the Seishu Netsuke Art Muse...
Activities Jozenji Street Jazz Festival Sendai 2026 Justin Velgus Starting back in 1987 on a department store stage, the festival soon moved outdoors into the streets. Recently the growing fe...
Activities Negishi Shinrin Park, Yokohama Shinya Ota Negishi Shinrin Park or Negishi Forest Park is one of my favorite places to go on a beautiful day. It is on a hilly area of N...
8 Culture Manjushage Festival in Koma Allan Murphy We went to Koma again on Saturday, September 21st 2013. It is one of those places that is easy to get to, relaxing and quiet ...
11 Activities Mihama Kid's Park Michael Flemming There's an attraction buried toward the northwestern end of Mihama American Village that is just family friendly, especially ...
Culture Toji Temple, Kyoto Shozo Fujii Kyoto is a leading tourist city.In addition to thousands of temples and shrines, many festivals or events are held throughout...
Beauty & Spa Tenzan Onsen Hannah Warren On a rainy day in Hakone, what better to do than visit one of many beautiful onsen in the quiet, peaceful mountains? A qu...
Culture Gyoda's Kodaihasu-no-sato Sandra Isaka Located in a quiet corner of Saitama Prefecture, the city of Gyoda was mostly forgotten by tourists until November 2012, when...
8 Culture Fukui's Katsuyama Castle Larry Knipfing Fukui is home to Japan's tallest castle. Katsuyama Castle, just short of 60 meters in height, is situated very near some othe...
7 Culture Ryozen Gokoku Higashiyama John Carter Ryozen Gokoku is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the heroes of Japan that helped shape it’s future.
