Culture Bring Your Tokyo to Life Veronica Carnevale Tokyo’s allure has long captivated the minds of many. Discover its secrets for yourself.
Food Sosai Shiki Restaurant Rod Walters Sosai Shiki Restaurant is very close to Matsuyama JR station. You can eat well for ¥500 and enjoy free Wi-Fi.
Food Kikyou Restaurant Bret Colebi A quaint, homely little restaurant that serves Japanese cuisine and doubles as an Izakaya at night. A part of hotel Aoki, it...
Culture No-Ball Museum Rod Walters Botchan Stadium is home to the No-Ball Museum, a rather delightful collection of Japanese baseball exhibits, both recent and ...
Maki Shrine on Phoenix St. in Fukui Takako Sakamoto Driving back home, I spotted a tall white flag fluttering high in the wind. It was a flag of 'Maki Shrine', Phoenix Street, F...
Shizuoka City Bids For SF WorldCon Peter Sidell Shizuoka City in Japan is bidding to host the 2017 World Science Fiction convention.
Kanagawa's Saisoji Temple Steve Morton Situated along the main approach way to Shasui Waterfall, this impressive temple is more than worth a visit in its own right!
Culture Okuno-in at Ishite-ji Rod Walters Ishite-ji, Temple No.51 of the Shikoku pilgrimage, is a strange place, but Okuno-in, the temple that stands behind it on the ...
Echizen Lotus Photo Collection - 2 Takako Sakamoto Hanahasu Koen (Lotus Park) in Southern Echizen, Fukui, is HUGE! See its vast lotus field - one of the best places for lotus p...
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...
Culture Jounji temple, Numazu Peter Sidell In Numazu on the Izu Peninsula in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Jounji is a Buddhist temple with a lavish green garden setting...
Culture Okuma Yuimaru Garden Michael Flemming Yuimaru is a small quasi-Japanese garden inside the U.S. military Okuma recreation area
Cafe Yummy Waffle Victoria Vlisides Cafe Yummy Waffle is a cozy place near Chiba Station in Chiba Prefecture.
Culture Ogushi Shrine in Shizuoka Peter Sidell In the downtown heart of Shizuoka city in central Japan, Ogushi shrine is a pleasant shinto shrine, a good place to take a br...
Culture Damien Rice Unplugged 2017 Jerome Lee Damien Rice returns to Japan in 2017 for a series of unplugged concerts
