Food How Do You Take Your Tea? Cathy Cawood Learning how tea is blended at Mixcha Tea Blending workshop experience in Shizuoka, sampling green and black Japanese teas at...
Food Minoya: Explore Tokyo's Horse Cuisine Serena Ogawa If you’re feeling famished, it’s time to try horsemeat hot pot, known as sakura nabe.
14 Kamakura's Hase Temple in January Larry Knipfing Kamakura's Hase Temple in January, just on the edge of autumn and the coming spring.
Culture Yamada Yoji Museum, Shibamata Sleiman Azizi Part of the Tora-san Museum complex in Shibamata, the Yamada Yoji Museum is a tribute to the career of the famous director.
9 Flowers of the Snow Melt at Azumino Masayoshi Hirose The clear steam of Daio Wasabi Farm waters spring flowers in Azumino of Shinshu Region in Nagano, causing them to bloom brill...
Activities Tengu (Goblin) Highlands Chiara Terzuolo Hiking, karsts, starry skies and cool breezes make this highland retreat on the border between Kochi and Ehime prefectures a ...
Culture Onbashira Matsuri in Suwa, Nagano 2028 Sarah Koh Onbashira Matsuri in Suwa, Nagano is filled with plenty of singing, dancing, colorful costumes and merrymaking in general.
Culture Adachi City Ward - Parks & Gardens Sleiman Azizi Adachi is one of central Tokyo's 23 city wards and is home to a number of parks and gardens worth visiting. These include Sho...
Culture Midori no Kanshasai 2026 Ignatius Koh Midori no Kanshasai is the climax of a month-long, annual environmental campaign taking place from 15 April to 14 May to incr...
Accommodation Takamatsuya Japanese Inn Teshima Bonson Lam Teshima, along with Naoshima and Inujima, are three of the more artistic islands on the Seto Inland Sea. This old style inn f...