Hiking around Kamikochi Tomoko Kamishima If you are the type of person who likes walking along the water and viewing beautiful mountains, then these flat Kamikochi Hi...
9 Strolling Takayama Streets Masayoshi Hirose Hida Takayama never ceases to delight me every time I visit here. It's a great place to refresh and relax!
15 Country House at Fukui's Kakyo Park Takako Sakamoto Furusato-no Ie in Kakyo Park of Echizen city is a community space as well as a cafe. Chill out with your friends in an idylli...
10 Arakawa Dam and Nosen Lake in Fall Todd Wojnowski Autumn enhances the beauty of Arakawa Dam and Nosen Lake in Yamanashi. Nearby famous Shosenkyo Gorge, the Arakawa Dam is a mu...
Culture Karuizawa Shaw Memorial Chapel Tomoko Kamishima Owning a summer cottage in Karuizawa is now a status symbol in Japanese. But the first cottage was built by a conservative fo...
15 Echizen Ono Castle in Fukui Takako Sakamoto When mist covers the entire city below, Echizen Ono Castle in Ono city, Fukui looks as though it's floating in the sky. It is...
Cycling around Karuizawa Tomoko Kamishima Cycling around the popular tourist destinations of Karuizawa is a good way to enjoy the nice, cool, pleasant breeze.
13 Daimyo's Retreat at Yui Station Takako Sakamoto Luxurious resting place called 'Daimyo's Retreat' inside Yui Station in Ono Castle Town, Fukui. You can feel like a feudal lo...
Shaw Memorial Chapel Tomoko Kamishima In 1885, an Anglican missionary passed through Karizawa and found it to be a wonderful summer retreat area.
8 Gorgeous Colors of Shuzenji Forest Masayoshi Hirose The brilliant autumn leaves at Shuzenji Temple and its maple forest under the clear blue sky.
