14 Culture Imamiya Shrine Meg Sing Imamiya Shrine erected due to a plague in Kyoto 1000 years ago has age-old ties with Yasurai Matsuri and two aburi mochi shop...
9 Culture Tamamo Park, Takamatsu Peter Sidell In Takamatsu in Kagawa prefecture on Japan's Shikoku island, Tamamo Park is a pleasant park, home to the ruins of Takamatsu C...
Culture Chasing Cherry Blossoms Audrey Foo The Japanese go insane over cherry blossom season and now I know why. Here's what it's like to do hanami in Japan.
11 Culture Kamakura's Kosoku-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Kosoku-ji Temple has a 200-year-old beautiful crabapple tree. It blooms at almost the same time as cherry blossoms in Kamakura.
9 Culture Yokohama’s Shomyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Shomyo-ji Temple was established in 1258 as a family temple of Hojo Sanetoki, one of the Kamakura clans. The garden of the te...
12 Culture Kairakuen Garden in Spring Susan Tumanon Kairakuen garden was built by Nariaki Tokugawa, the 9th lord of Mito. The name Kairaku means to share pleasures with people.
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...
7 Culture Kitanomaru Park and Cherry Blossoms Hana Joy Kitanomaru Park in Tokyo is a great location for cherry blossom viewing. In the spring, the cherry blossoms are truly a sight...
12 Culture Nezu Museum & Garden, Omotesando Tomoko Kamishima Tokyo Nezu Museum & Garden: In May, the season of iris and fresh green, the museum holds a special exhibition of Ogata Korin’...
10 Culture Serene Kita-Kamakura's Meigetsu-in Temple Josef Diermair Meigetsu-in, a small temple located in North-kamakura, has a really nice window.The window is round, which in Buddhist termin...