Food Donburi Grand Prix 2025 Kim The Donburi Grand Prix will offer up a variety rice bowls piled high with toppings for visitors to choose from.
Activities Poppy Season at Awaji Hanasajiki Kim From the mid-April to mid-May timeframe, Awaji Hanasajiki Prefectural Park in Hyogo is filled with thousands of Icelandic pop...
Activities Mount Yoshino Sakura Festival Kim Nara's Mount Yoshino is often regarded as one of the country's top sakura spots. An annual festival and illumination event is...
Food Visiting Mikan Orchards in Arida Alena Eckelmann Mikan (satsuma mandarin) orchards in Arida City, Wakayama Prefecture, date back to the beginning of the Edo Period (1600) and...
Activities Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase Plum Grove 2025 Kim One of Nara's best plum blossom spots is the Tsukigase Plum Grove, where over 10,000 plum trees burst into bloom in shades of...
Activities Cycling Courses in Wakayama Geoff Day Wakayama Prefecture's sacred heartland stretches across the Kii Peninsula in the southern Kansai region. Known for its sacred...
Activities A Journey From Kyoto to Wakayama Geoff Day For more than 1,000 years (794 to 1868) Kyoto was the capital of Japan. From the central Kansai area of Japan, the Imperial C...
Activities Cosmos at Hannyaji Temple 2024 Kim Nara's Hannyaji Temple is often referred to as the "Cosmos Temple" for good reason - there are approximately 150,000 cosmos f...
Culture Raku Museum in Kyoto Elena Lisina The Raku Museum is dedicated to a unique style of ceramics with a 450-year history. The appearance of the 'raku' style is ass...
Beauty & Spa Spa Kacho Mai Shoji The Westin Miyako Kyoto hotel in Kyoto offers some of the city's most relaxing spa and well-being experiences. Spa Kacho has ...
