Area Hatsukaichi JJ Walsh Hatsukaichi is centered on the small town on the main island of Honshu almost opposite the sacred island of Miyajima on which...
Culture Kumano Brush Festival 2026 JJ Walsh Kumano produces 80% of Japan's calligraphy brushes- join this annual traditional celebration in honor of the humble "fude".
Accommodation Enoshima's Iwamoto-ro Inn Tomoko Kamishima Enoshima's Iwamoto-ro is a Japanese ryokan inn situated on the right side of the main street, facing west. All of the rooms f...
Food Siegfrieda Justin Dart Rural cake shop invoking an image of rural Germany located in the heart of Gifu serving treasures of mouth watering delights,...
Accommodation Akita Youthpal Hostel Bonson Lam The Akita Youthpal Youth Hostel is more like a resort than a youth hostel. This is a slick modern building set in park like ...
Culture Yokohama’s Narita-san Temple Larry Knipfing If you are in the Minato Mirai area and would like to see something a little more ‘Japanese traditional’, then take a stroll ...
Activities Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Emily Ikegami Stroll through this open air museum to imagine what life was like in Japan long before highrises and neon took over
Food Kamakura’s Utsuki Robatayaki Larry Knipfing Utsuki (卯月) on Komachi-Dori in Kamakura is far and away my favorite restaurant, and that’s saying something since I have li...
Culture Yokohama Kantei-Byo Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Kantei-byo (関帝廟) is a Chinese shrine dedicated to “Kanwu” who is a famous general in the well-known Chinese historical no...
Culture Zen at Kamakura's Kencho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima It was Saturday afternoon and I was at Kencho-ji Temple in Kita-Kamakura. A few minutes before two o’clock a bell rang to sig...
