Culture Nison Temple, Kyoto: Origins 1 of 2 Shozo Fujii Stand in front of the nine dragon-headed statue of Benzaiten inside Kyoto's Nison-in Temple and you will feel a sense of awe.
8 Tea and Sweets at Akafuku Cathy Cawood Enjoy Akafuku's famous red bean sweets at their nostalgic 300 year old store in Okage Yokocho near Ise Shrine.
14 Exciting Views of Surfers and Ocean George Popescu There's always a perfect time to be on a beach, where you can enjoy the sand, the ocean and the amazing breeze coming from ov...
Fukushima Hotels Now Half Price Aya Sakaguchi Utilizing the catchphrase "Where good fortune blooms" (福が満開！福のしま), premium travel tickets are being sold to help int...
10 Culture Yakushi-do Peter Sidell In rural Kannami in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Yakushi-do is home to thirty-three small Buddhist statues living on a hill b...
Activities Rifu Bullet Train Exhibition Center Justin Velgus The Shinkansen General Rolling Stock Center in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture is an admission free PR hall of the JR Tohoku bullet t...
13 Revisiting History at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Museum Larry Knipfing A visit to the Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Museum is not a pleasant experience, but is not intended to be.
14 Geba Central Park in Fukui Takako Sakamoto Geba Central Park in Fukui: Adjacent to Fukui City Museum, this park provides space and beautiful greenery all to yourself fo...
Food Onomichi's Cafes Sonia Schlesinger Here, at the edge of the Inland Sea, where signs of Japan's aging and the countryside's depopulation are everywhere, seven ou...
