Culture Kiyomori Festival Paul Walsh The people of sacred Miyajima pay thanks to the medieval clan leader who laid the foundations for the island's fame and prosp...
Activities Rishiri Island Aleisha Riboldi Cycling and camping on Hokkaido's Rishiri Island; no trip to Wakkanai is complete without a stopover at this remote location.
Culture Former Iwasaki Residence & Garden Tomoko Kamishima British architect Josiah Conder, the father of modern Japanese architecture, was invited to Japan in 1877. The former Iwasaki...
Food Hiroshima-style Okonomiyaki Paul Walsh You haven't done Hiroshima if you haven't done Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki! Pull up a seat at the hotplate, watch the show an...
Activities History of Nagoya Castle Chris Glenn Until WW2, Nagoya Castle was the biggest, best designed, most gorgeous and well preserved of all the castles in Japan, and ha...
Culture Atami MOA Museum of Art Tomoko Kamishima Atami MOA Museum of Art: Enjoy Ogata Korin’s famous plum tree painting and real plum blossoms in February
Activities Caribbean & Latin American Festival Todd Wojnowski The Caribbean and Latin American Festival in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park features Russian, Korean, and Philippine cuisine, Indian bee...
Food Far East Kitchen, Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa At Utsunomiya's Far East Cafe, the staff smiles, and the desserts and shaved ice (kaki gori) made our visit delightful.
Transportation What’s the Best Way to Get From Kyoto to Tokyo? Bonson Lam The slow train to Kyoto may be the path least taken, but it is brimming with surprises.
Culture Oyama Jinja Kerrie Hankinson Perched on the top of Tateyama's Oyama Peak is Oyama Jinja, once a flourishing center of Shugendō, the mountain religion of J...
