Shopping MiurArt Village has Warhol and Moore Rod Walters MiurArt Village, the art gallery of the boiler maker Miura, has a couple of Warhols and a Moore. The works of founder Tamotsu...
Culture The Museum of Art, Ehime Rod Walters The Museum of Art, Ehime, stands within the moat of Matsuyama Castle. It hosts frequent special exhibitions and is home to a ...
Seigan-ji in Kofu Cathy Cawood Attractive Buddhist temple near Kai-Zenkoji in Kofu, Yamanashi has a small pond and dry garden, a bell tower and a dragon wat...
Fukui Kitano Show Classics Takako Sakamoto Fukui Kitano Show Classics: Near Fukui Kitano-sho Ruins, this cozy gallery & live space holds live jazz and classical music e...
Culture St Mary's Anglican Church Okazaki Bonson Lam St Mary's Church was founded over a century ago in 1911, on the south-western corner of Okazaki and Marutamachi Streets. Holy...
Flowers on Fukui's Sakura Street Takako Sakamoto A pale yellow daffodil, pink camellia, white magnolia...these small flowers were celebrating spring along with gorgeous cherr...
Second Oldest Aquarium to Close Justin Velgus Marinepia in Matsuhima, Miyagi Prefecture is the second oldest aquarium in Japan. It will close 10 May 2015.
Food Sova Sova Restaurant Rod Walters Sova Sova is a restaurant and café on Matsuyama’s fashionable Ropeway Dori. It serves unremarkable soba noodles.
Culture Arts & Crafts at Ehime Folk Museum Rod Walters The Saijo Folk Museum has some unusual arts and crafts housed in a beautiful Japanese art nouveau building.
Food Da Bocciana Pizzeria Rod Walters Da Bocciana Pizzeria in central Matsuyama claims to have won an award in the Pizza World Cup 2011, but there are other, bette...
Activities Omishima Maritime Museum Rod Walters The main focus of the museum is a wooden boat called the Hayama Maru which was used by Emperor Hirohito, known in Japanese as...
Food Cucino Italia Orso, in Matsuyama Rod Walters Cucino Italia Orso, in Matsuyama offers a thoroughly fulfilling Italian lunch al fresco.
Culture Koonji no Okunoin Temple Bret Colebi A deeper enclave of Koonji, temple No.61 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage where you can get a stamp for your book, and practice some...
Culture Inheritance of Soil and Flame 2020 Kim Bergström Takahama City is a major center of production for Sanshu roof tiles - the region produces the highest volume of them in all o...
Culture Daijiro Morohoshi Exhibition 2020-2021 Kim Bergström Daijiro Morohoshi is a Japanese manga artist who is well-known for science fiction themed comic strips and pieces based on fo...
