Activities Iwate Park in Full Bloom Malcome Larcens Iwate Park in Full Bloom, the best place to see cherry blossoms in Morioka
14 Toun-ji and Sugiyama Shrine Cathy Cawood Machida's Tounji Temple and Sugiyama Shrine are absolutely beautiful surrounded by cherry blossoms, and on the hillside above...
Activities Sakura Season at Shichikawa Dam Kim Bergström The Shichikawa Dam in Wakayama may be a man-made waterway, but there's plenty of natural beauty to enjoy here as well. There ...
Culture Satte Hydrangea Festival Lynda Hogan Approximately 16,000 hydrangeas bloom in Gongendo Park in June. During the period of the bloom, the park hosts a Hydrangea Fe...
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...
Colors of Autumn - Mount Tsukuba Jennifer Nakajima Autumn or Fall is famous for its splendid colors. One of the most popular hiking destinations in Japan is Mount Tsukuba in Ib...
Activities Atsumi Peninsula Nanohana Festival 2027 Kim Bergström Now running for 25 years, the Atsumi Peninsula Nanohana Festival celebrates the vibrant yellow of these springtime flowers.
14 Culture Spring Festival at Erinji Cathy Cawood Spring festival held at Erinji Temple in Enzan every year on April 12th. Erinji Temple is famous for its cherry blossom.
14 Fukushima's Mountain of Flowers Radica Sooknarine Spring in Japan is synonymous with cherry blossoms, but can you imagine a mountain full of different types of cherry blossoms...
Activities Greenpark Fukiware Lynda Hogan Greenpark Fukiware is a forested campsite, riverside, near the Fukiware falls in Numata, Gunma. The campsite is open all year...