Activities Kanoya Rose Garden Kim Bergström The Kanoya Rose Garden in Kagoshima lays claim to being Japan's largest rose garden, with an impressive 50,000 roses covering...
Transportation Driving in Japan: Guide to ETC for Highway Toll Gates Tom Roseveare Driving in Japan offers convenience and flexibility, especially on highways. The ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) system stre...
Food Aipaku Ice Cream Expo 2026 Kim Bergström The Aipaku Ice Cream Expo includes a variety of ice creams, shaved ice, and gelato on offer from all across the country.
Culture Meguro Fudoson Temple Naomi Isaka Meguro Fudson is a very charming and quaint temple that holds important history for the area of Meguro. It offers a very peac...
Activities Temple Trekking Through Northern Yamagata Geoff Day Yamagata is famous for its mountain and seaside temples. Join us as we explore a few of our favorites and start your own jour...
Culture Matsuda Wintersweet Festival 2027 Anonymous In the Yadoriki area of Matsuda town, witness a huge field of over 20,000 wintersweet plants. The festival runs from mid-Ja...
Activities Okhotsk Tower Kim Bergström Monbetsu's Okhotsk Tower gives visitors an insight into what happens in the Sea of Okhotsk. Visitors are able to hold pieces ...
Accommodation Luxury Glamping at Bettei Shiki Tom Roseveare Each villa epitomises the feeling of Wa-Modern design—with spacious, contemporary layouts and fixtures combining perfectly wi...
Activities Sky of Poppies 2026 Kim Bergström Running from late May through until early June, Saitama's Sky of Poppies event at the Sainokuni Fureai Ranch showcases an ast...
Whispers of Time & Wisdom in Minobu Sébastien Duval Mount Minobu is a time portal! Here, life isn’t measured in years but in centuries and millennia, it’s engraved into the rock...
