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...
13 Culture Nozuta Park Rose Lawn Cathy Cawood Many different varieties of roses in every color imaginable at Nozuta Park in Machida.
7 Culture The Waka Poetry Garden - Rikugien Joe Peters Almost 88,000 square meters of a strolling, mountain, and pond garden makes a great place to spend a sunny couple of hours. E...
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 Itoyama Park in Imabari Anonymous Itoyama Park in Imabari stands on a hill offering a 360-degree view of the Shimanami Kaido, the Seto Inland Sea and Mt. Takan...
9 Culture Cherry Blossoms at Fukui Castle Takako Sakamoto If asked where the best spot for viewing cherry blossoms is in Fukui, most people would say the Asuwa Riverside, since it was...
15 Culture Shisendo: Villa, Garden, and Temple Larry Knipfing Shisendo has an interesting history, and thus, is difficult to pinpoint: Is it a villa? Is it a garden? Is it a temple? The a...
11 Culture Lotus Heaven in Fukui Larry Knipfing Fukui's Minami-Echizen is home to one of the most beautiful collections of lotus that you will ever see.
7 Culture Momijihachiman-gu Maren Pauli Enjoy beautiful autumn scenery at Momijihachiman-gu with green and red maples and evergreen trees in front of a red shrine
9 Culture Tatsumiyama Park Sarashanti Tatsumiyama Park has a good playground, views of Kuji City, and shrine inside.
