Area Hirosaki Andrew Checkley A castle town turned small city, Hirosaki is bigger than the rural towns most frequent in outer Aomori, but smaller than the ...
Food Rakudo-kan Vegetarian Restaurant Judith Mikami Vegetarian food with a seaside view, located on the hill looking over Ushimado beach. Beauty, peaceful. surroundings and heal...
Activities Lake Senba, Mito Elysse Hurtado One of Mito’s landmark attractions is the beautiful Lake Senba, a part of the famous Kairakuen Park. Though it is a man-made ...
Activities Ishizuchi Shrine (Head Shrine) Anonymous Mt. Ishizuchi is the highest mountain in western Japan and this is the Shinto shrine established to worship the deity of the ...
Culture Baishinji Anonymous The district of Baishinji faces the Seto Inland separated from Matsuyama by a ridge of hills. Consequently, it has something ...
Shopping Rice Cracker Kingdom in Niigata Alena Eckelmann Niigata Prefecture is the top rice cracker producer in Japan. "Senbei Okoku" is located in Nizaki near Niigata Airport. The "...
Culture Sake Tasting in Gekkeikan Museum Kyoto Bonson Lam Fushimi is one of the oldest sake producing areas in Japan and enjoyed the patronage of the Shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in the...
Food Tsutsumi Okonomiyaki House Bonson Lam An authentic old style eatery where you can down beers with the locals while the hearty grandmother owner cracks bad jokes
Shopping Mojiko Retro: Waterfront District with a Touch of History Anonymous Mojiko Retro Area in the city of Kitakyūshū is a wonderland for tourists with well-preserved buildings from the Meiji and Tai...
