Culture Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Rebecca Stock An art museum dedicated to works of art and artists, both Western and Japanese, associated with Hyogo Prefecture.
Accommodation The Gate Hotel Kaminarimon Kyle Hedlund The Gate Hotel Kaminarimon offers unrivalled views of the local area and nearby Tokyo Skytree, as well as a comfortably intim...
Activities The Hakone Open-Air Museum Christopher Harley Nestled in the hills of Hakone resides an art museum like no other – at least in Japan. The Hakone Open-Air Museum is just th...
Activities Nokogiri-yama, Chiba Ron Tanno Nokogiri-yama forms the boundary between the Kazusa and Awa areas of Chiba's Boso Peninsula, and it offers amazing cliff view...
Culture Sennyu-ji temple in Kyoto Julian Bohler Located on the slopes of Kyoto’s eastern mountains, Sennyu-ji temple is a must see among Kyoto’s Buddhist temples. Surrounded...
Activities Mibu Toy Museum Stacy Kurokawa If you are in Tochigi Prefecture with kids and its sweltering hot, freezing cold, or pouring rain, Mibu’s Toy Museum is a gre...
Activities Cool Off at Izu Tatadohama Beach Bryan Baier Tatadohama and Shirahama are Hawaii-like white sand beaches with clear blue water at the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula.
Planning Tax-free Shopping in Japan: 2026 Changes Tom Roseveare From November, visitors will need to pay the full tax-inclusive price (including 10% consumption tax) and apply for a refund ...
Food Hiroshima-style Okonomiyaki Paul Walsh You haven't done Hiroshima if you haven't done Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki! Pull up a seat at the hotplate, watch the show an...
Culture Akino Fuku Art Museum, Hamamatsu Peter Sidell In the Tenryu area north of Hamamatsu in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, the Akino Fuku Museum is a charming art museum, housed ...
