Culture Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2026 Laura Keating The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred ...
16 Shirayama Shrine in a Rice Field Takako Sakamoto There are millions of Shirayama (Hakusan) Shrines in Japan. I visited one of them I found in my neighborhood, among vast rice...
15 Keya Kurotatsu Shrine in Fukui Takako Sakamoto Keya Kurotatsu Shrine in Fukui city is one of the four ancient guardian shrines of Japan, and also a Power Spot to dispel evi...
Food Curcova curry in Matsuyama Anonymous Curcova stands on the avenue leading to the plaza in front of Iyo Hojo station. It serves piquant curry for adults, but there...
Accommodation Yon Maru Cafe and Kominka Inn Percival Constantine A nice, old-fashioned Japanese inn that gives you a great taste of rural life, attached to a modern coffee shop.
Accommodation Chisun Inn Takamatsu Peter Sidell In Takamatsu in Kagawa prefecture on Japan's Shikoku island, Chisun Inn is a budget hotel convenient for the city's Japanese ...
10 Gunkanjima Perspective - No. 1 Masayoshi Hirose Gunkanjima, a candidate to become a World Heritage site, is a dramatic, uninhabited island that never ceases to fascinate me.
Culture Kamakura’s Komyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Komyo-ji is quite near Zaimoku-za Beach. The sunset from here is incredibly beautiful, when you can see Mt. Fuji and Enoshima...
Activities Omishima Island Anonymous Omishima is an artistically and religiously significant island in the Inland Sea. Part of Imabari, it’s accessed by the Shi...
Beyond Tokyo-Kyoto: Discover the Golden Route to West Japan Tom Roseveare What is the Golden Route to West Japan? The Golden Route to West Japan invites you to explore a lesser-known side of the coun...
