Activities Makuyama Park's Plum Blossoms 2025 Larry Knipfing Makuyama Park features a mountainside covered by thousands of plum trees (and a festival) that when in full bloom in February...
Activities Mount Takasaki Monkey Park The Takasaki Monkey Park is a popular monkey reserve at the foot of Mount Takasaki, a 628 meter high mountain along the coast...
Activities Genbikei Gorge The Genbikei Gorge is a 2 km stretch of the Iwai River, known for its rugged landscape and dynamic whitewater stretches. The ...
Activities Celebrating Ume - Hanami in Tanabe 2025 Alena Eckelmann Celebrate spring at Kansai's best ume (Japanese plum) viewing spot at the Kishu Ishigami Tanabe Ume Orchards in the south of ...
Activities Top Observation Decks in Osaka Kim Looking to get a view of Osaka from above? This guide covers some of the city's best observation decks.
Activities Tottori's Uradome Coastline Bryan Baier Sea cliffs, white sand and clear blue water, this is the best area for swimming in Japan that I currently know of
Activities Kujukushima Cruise Mandy Bartok Weave your way through the highest concentrations of islands in Japan at Kujukushima National Park near Sasebo
Activities A Day Hiking at Mt.Mitou in Okutama Emi Takahata A peaceful hiking trail in Tokyo. An hour away from Shinjuku station and another hour's bus ride, the mountainous landscape a...
Activities Toyono Cosmos Festival 2024 Kim Each year in autumn, Osaka's Toyono Cosmos Park comes alive with around a million colorful flowers in bloom for visitors to e...
Activities Cycling along the Sumida Suwannee Payne Cycle touring gives you the opportunity to see and feel the place, its people and all the surroundings. My tour along the Sum...
