Beauty & Spa The Mountains of Zao Onsen Village Hannah Warren The mountains around Zao Onsen Village in Yamagata offer four seasons of fun.
Culture Horie Shrine Bradford Pomeroy Horie Shrine is a small Shinto shrine in Saga City. Its origins begin in the Kamakura period and it was officially designated...
Activities Mobile Internet from WiFi-Hire.com Eitetsu Terakado EMobile's Pocket WiFi from WifFi-Hire.com provides easy access to the Internet almost anywhere in Japan. Easy to carry and fi...
Shopping Goshono's Aeon Justin Velgus Aeon is the largest chain developer of shopping centers in Japan. In Goshono, a suburb of Akita, you can find one the largest...
Food Taimeshi, an Ehime Delicacy Tomomi Shiba Ehime's traditional dish is taimeshi. Introducing two different types of local dish with the same name, and how they developed.
Activities Autumn Colors at Fukuroda Falls Elysse Hurtado Ibaraki’s famous Fukuroda Falls, one of the 3 most beautiful falls in Japan, is located near the northern city of Daigo, roug...
Culture Samurai Gardens of Kitabatake Chris Glenn It’s hard to believe that the beautiful 14th Century Kitabatake Gardens, one of Japan’s three major samurai gardens, was the ...
Activities Kamikura Shrine Alena Eckelmann Kamikura Shrine is described as one of the oldest sacred places in the Kumano area, even pre-dating Hayatama Taisha, the Kuma...
Culture Ukai at Inuyama Chris Glenn For over 1300 years, the traditional art of cormorant fishing has been practiced on the river below Inuyama Castle.
Culture Mt. Koya and the Great Teacher Alena Eckelmann Follow Buddhist pilgrims to Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum on Mt. Koya for a breeze of enlightenment
