Shopping Yuzawa-ya at Yokohama Bay Quarters Tomoko Kamishima Yuzawa-ya is a MUST for handcraft lovers. If you have some free time in Yokohama, please drop in.
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...
Activities Mibu Toy Museum Stacy Kurokawa If you are in Tochigi Prefecture with kids and its sweltering hot, freezing cold, or pouring rain, Mibu’s Toy Museum is a gre...
Culture Hase Kannon Temple in Kamakura Tomoko Kamishima At Hase Temple, you can take the opportunity to trace a picture of a Buddhist statue, or write Buddhist chants in Chinese kan...
Activities Climbing Mount Ontake - 2 Steve Morton Climbing Mount Ontake during the snowy season. It is a beautiful, holy mountain. Part 2.
Culture Koyasan: Heart of Shingon Buddhism Allison Morris If you’re planning a trip to the Kansai area and love Japanese culture and religious history, Koyasan needs to make its way o...
Activities Asahiyama Zoo, Asahikawa Clifford Bernstein Asahikawa being the northernmost major city in Japan, it would be expected that the polar bear exhibit would occupy its place...
Activities Climbing Mount Oku-Shirane, Nikko Nicole Bauer Mount Oku-Shirane, also called Nikko Shirane is the highest peak in the area, but it feels like the highest point on earth!
Shopping Fujihira Pottery Company Bonson Lam Let your hands express yourself in a pottery class, or relax with home made cakes to the backdrop of Chopin in the steps goin...
