Area Iide Alena Eckelmann Iide Town is a small town in the southern part of Yamagata Prefecture. The town is surrounded by four mountain ranges: Zao Re...
Shopping Banko Pottery Center Chris Glenn Banko ware implements have long been favored among Tea Ceremony practitioners for their refined simplicity and because it gai...
Culture Yakuō-in Temple on Mt. Takao, Tokyo Todd Wojnowski Yakuo-in features beautifully decorated and colored structures spread across multiple levels on the face of Mt. Takao in west...
Activities Mount Hiei Garden Museum Kyoto Bonson Lam The Mt. Hiei Garden Museum is inspired by French paintings from Monet and Renoir. Nature and art co-exist in a thought provok...
Beauty & Spa Getting Lost at Wakamiya Onsen Nate Hill Wakamiya Onsen is unlike any other place I've been to. Surreally like a time warp, but one that you oddly feel like you someh...
Activities Bay Stars DeNA Baseball Game Larry Knipfing If you are a baseball lover and have been captivated over the years by the magical performances of Nomo, Matsui, and Ichiro, ...
Shopping Kubota Liquor Shop, Hiroshima JJ Walsh Kubota Liquor shop is located a couple of blocks from the post office in Miyajima - well worth a stop for local specialty liq...
Culture Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome Armand Vaquer Japan's first retractable roof stadium, the Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome, was used as a trap for three man-eating Gyaos birds.
Activities Odaiba's Rainbow Bridge Ash The Rainbow Bridge links Tokyo with the man-made island of Odaiba.
Food Ajikobo Hanahenro Restaurant Anonymous Hanahenro restaurant at the Fuwari Road Station has heavenly octopus tempura, fresh from the Seto Inland Sea.
