Culture The Gardens of Adachi Museum of Art Adam Hacker A “must see” in Shimane, go to the Adachi Museum of Art. Set in the countryside of Yasugi, Adachi is tucked away between dram...
Culture Takayama’s Karakuri Museum Euan Prentis If you can't make it to Takayama for the town's famed festivals, be sure to drop by a performance of the mechanical karakuri ...
Culture Visiting Bansuiso Anonymous Bansuiso is a large villa, built in a 19th Century somewhat Gothic French style. It sits at the base of the hill where the ca...
Culture The Underrated Meiji-Mura Richard Mulvihill Over 60 buildings from the Meiji Restoration have been collected from around Japan and are now displayed in a beautifully sec...
Culture Nagoya Castle Ruins in Saga Tristan Scholze Visit the ruins of Nagoya Castle (Saga Prefecture), the short-lived second-largest in Japan. Built to invade a continent, it ...
Culture Kyoto Shimogamo Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Kyoto Shimogamo Shrine: God of the legendary "Three-legged Crow"
Culture Shikinaen Royal Garden Michael Flemming The Shikinaen Royal Garden was the largest secondary residence of the Ryukyu Royal Family and used to entertain family member...
Culture Haunted Castle in Maruoka, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Maruoka Castle ('Misty Castle') in Fukui has a ghost legend - a woman who became a 'human sacrifice' when they built the cast...
Culture The Honjin & Waki-Honjin of Tsumago Stefanus Husin A walk through a small segment of history.
Culture Fascinated by Odawara Castle Abby Rodriguez Odawara Castle was built in the 15th Century and was used as the Hojo Clan residence. It soon became the largest castle in m...
