Culture The Lotus Ponds of Kasumigaura Joe Peters Tsuchiura City is about 50 km or so northeast of Tokyo. It is located near Lake Kasumigaura, which is Japan's second largest ...
Food Honmaru Goten Palace Restaurant Mandy Bartok The Honmaru Goten Palace Restaurant in Kumamoto gives visitors the chance to dine like a daimyo on a menu taken from the Edo ...
Activities Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park Justin Velgus Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park is a nature lover's paradise. Founded in 1955, it is home to Japan's largest limestone platea...
Area Kumakogen Anonymous Kuma Highland—Kuma Kōgen in Japanese—is a large inhabited area at a high elevation in central Ehime bordering Kochi Prefectur...
Activities Shichiri no Watashi in Nagoya Chris Glenn Depicted in the series of woodblock prints by the artist Hiroshige, the 41st station on the Tokaido route was Miya Juku, or S...
Food Culinary specialties of Matsuyama Anonymous Matsuyama and Ehime offer a variety of culinary specialties reflecting the geographic diversity of the region. The best advic...
Culture Nanyo Wine Festival 2026 Kim Bergström Wine lovers will have the chance to sample some of Yamagata's finest vintages at the Nanyo Wine Festival, an annual event tha...
Activities Punch the Monkey: Japan's Viral Baby Macaque Ryan Noble From rejection to globally beloved superstar, here's everything you need to know about Punch the Monkey, the baby macaque at ...
