11 Culture Kamakura’s Jokomyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Jokomyo-ji Temple is located in a quiet valley almost at the middle of JR Kita-Kamakura and Kamakura Station.
12 Culture Kamakura’s Eisho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Eisho-ji Temple has been a nunnery since it was established in 1636. The founder of this temple was a woman who once was Toku...
9 Culture Ueno Park - Sakura Season Susan Tumanon I often see Ueno Park on Japanese TV whenever cherry blossom season approches. I decided to see what the buzz was all about.
10 Culture Cherry Blossoms at Zojo-ji Nicole Bauer Zojo-ji in Tokyo during sakura season: The scene around the temple with salarymen and office ladies enjoying their bento unde...
6 Culture Tokyo's Koishikawa Korakuen, Bunkyo Ramon Geoffrey Evangelista Often underrated because of their distant relative, the cherry blossom, plum blossoms are still a sight to behold. Come visit...
6 Culture Kanagawa's Mitsuike Park, Tsurumi Ramon Geoffrey Evangelista Any other day, Mitsuike seems like a common, ordinary park. But as spring arrives, like magic, the park is turned into a wond...
6 Culture Nara Tokae and the Ukimido Pavilion Manish Prabhune Nara Tokae, as the lantern festival is called, lasts for ten days, usually in the beginning of August. Full moon day photo st...
8 Culture Ehrismann Residence Tomoko Kamishima The original owner of this lovely house was Fritz Ehrismann who was born in Zürich Switzerland and came to Japan in 1888 to j...
9 Culture Berrick Hall Tomoko Kamishima Berrick Hall should properly be called a mansion: It's very big, has a beautiful garden and a large party room. The interior ...
12 Culture Tokyo's Imperial Palace East Garden Peter Sidell Inside the Imperial Palace's moat, the east garden gives you a both a tranquil green space to relax beside its pond, and a lo...