7 Food Paris Ogawaken in Shimbashi Peter Lin Paris Ogawaken is a famous bakery cafe in Shimbashi. There is a tea salon serving desserts as well as a pastry shop with a s...
6 Mikami's Merchant House at Miyazu Bonson Lam Mikami's Merchant House at Miyazu was designated a tangible cultural property by Kyoto Prefecture in 1989. It consists of sev...
Accommodation Shimokita Hostel Peter Sidell In Tokyo's trendy Shimo-kitazawa district, Shimokita Hostel is a cosy, affordable backpackers' hostel.
Transportation Explore Hakone with Discount 'Free Pass' Susan Tumanon Get the Hakone Free Pass to enjoy a one day trip or two-day trip to Hakone. It's very reasonable!
Activities Fujigochi Chaen Tiffany Aguilar Fujigochi Chaen is a tea farm located on a small hill near Lake Ono in northern Ube City.
12 Kizakura Kappa Country in Kyoto Shozo Fujii The Kizakura Kappa Country is a museum that studiously collects and displays a variety of kappa materials from around the cou...
Culture Tamba Yaki Pottery Festival 2026 Kim Bergström The Tamba-Sasayama area of Hyogo Prefecture is known for Tamba ware, one of Japan's most noteworthy types of ceramics. The Ta...
Food Daruma Peter Sidell In the castle town of Odawara close to Tokyo in Japan's Kanagawa prefecture, Daruma is a restaurant serving traditional Japan...
Food Mahatoma Sherilyn Siy This yakitori shop is open only once a week on Saturday. If you do get to this out of the way shop when it's open, you will b...
Culture Tsushima no Miya Festival 2026 Anonymous A two day festival held every year. The local train station is also only open during the festival, Tsushima no Miya Station. ...
