Culture Cycle Osaka Cherie Pham Discover Osaka's hidden treasures... on two wheels! Cycle Osaka is the first and only bike tour in the beloved city that oper...
Culture Masakado-zuka, Otemachi John Carter Ōtemachi is the site of Heian Samurai Taira no Masakado grave, but the reason for its location is something ghoolish.
Activities Takao Trick Art Museum Todd Wojnowski The Takao Trick Art Museum is a maze of optical illusions, 3-D artwork and clever angles for photo taking to create the impre...
A Somewhat Different Introduction to Izumo City Sasa Jancikic My journey to Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture has become much more than I expected.
Culture Negishi Racetrack Grandstands Tomoko Kamishima There is a mysterious ruin at Negishi Forest Park. Three big towers stand high on a hill. They are connected to one another a...
Nightlife Comfort food at Kozato Justin Dart Keichan is one of the more famous dishes in Kashimo and one of more popular places to eat it is Kozato, a family operated at-...
Activities Summer at Minoh Park Karen Zheng Minoh National Park – a nature reserve that offers a breath of fresh air from Japan’s second busiest city, Osaka. Located abo...
Culture The Underrated Meiji-Mura Richard Mulvihill Over 60 buildings from the Meiji Restoration have been collected from around Japan and are now displayed in a beautifully sec...
Activities Good Ol' Cycle around Kawaguchiko Jerome Lee Lake Kawaguchiko is one of the Fuji Five Lakes surrounding Mount Fuji in southern Yamanashi Prefecture. It is the most easily...
Activities The Sant Juan Bautista Justin Velgus On October 28th, 1613 a European-designed Japanese ship known as the Sant Juan Bautista set sail to Mexico with its eventual ...
