Culture Carp Streamers in Rural Saga Mandy Bartok See carp streamers from below on a riverboat "cruise" in rural Saga.
10 Mochi Museum at Okage Yokocho Cathy Cawood Mochi-kaido Monogatari is a small, free museum on Oharaimachi Okage Yokocho devoted to the history of traditional Japanese sw...
Culture Plymouth House Ritsuko Maro The Plymouth House is part of an international village in Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture. There is a small museum of America...
Culture Nezu Shrine–Return to Ancient Days Tomoko Kamishima Nezu Shrine is constantly visited by worshipers throughout the year. But especially during the azalea season in April, huge n...
10 Picnickers at Lake Kitagata Takako Sakamoto Picnickers at Lake Kitagata in Fukui enjoying themselves on a spring holiday: some are cycling on fun bicycles, some are taki...
28 Food Yoshu Shonin Ramen Tom Roseveare Yoshu Shonin (揚州商人) has been bringing Chinese-style ramen to Japan since 1990, now stretching to 34 outlets across the Ka...
16 Spring Flowers at Nishiyama Park Takako Sakamoto Spring Flowers at Nishiyama Park: Azaleas in the early stage of bloom, yae-zakura cherry blossoms and pretty Shaga irises bas...
Hoshino Resorts Accepts Tattoos Claire Rieuneau Hoshino Resort chain will allow guests with small tattoos if they accept to cover them with 8 cm x 10 cm stickers. Operation ...
11 Mt. Takagi in Late Winter Tristan Scholze Mt. Takagi in late winter makes for a pleasant drive or stroll among the grassy mountainsides of Aso's volcano caldera. Inclu...
