Culture Yamate Koen Park Tomoko Kamishima If you’d like to enjoy some greenery and big trees during your stay in Yokohama, I know just the place for you: Yamate Koen P...
Culture The Original Matsumoto Castle Leslie Taylor Matsumoto Castle in Nagano Prefecture is not only one of Japan's most beautiful castles, but it is also one of the few origin...
Culture Hideyoshi's Toyokuni Shrine, Kyoto Takako Sakamoto Toyokuni Shrine, Higashiyama, Kyoto, is where Toyotomi Hideyoshi is enshrined. Closed in 1615 by Tokugawa Ieyasu, it was resu...
Culture Hakone’s Mt. Komagatake Tomoko Kamishima We can reach the top of beautiful Mt. Komagatake in only 7 minutes by using a comfortable and convenient ropeway. The ropeway...
Culture Sakamoto Ryoma and Yuri Kimimasa Takako Sakamoto Newly found Ryoma letter confirms his last visit to Fukui a week before his assassination. Read about heart-warming friendshi...
6 Culture Tomioka Silk Mill Masato Kitamura Tomioka Silk Mill is Japan's first silk reeling factory and it symbolizes Japan's industrialization from the 19th century. In...
Culture Isaniwa Shrine in Dogo Anonymous Isaniwa Shrine sits above Dogo offering a fine view over Matsuyama. Its vermilion walls and gold leaf are a stunning sight.
Culture Shooting the Arakawa Rapids Justin Dart Many visitors to Nagatoro in Saitama come for one reason – the chance to ride the rapids down the Arakawa (river).
Culture Yoshinogari Koen, Saga Georgina Young One of the oldest historical sites in Japan, an ancient Yayoi period village and its culture comes alive at Yoshinogari Histo...
Culture Hikarigaoka Park Ash Hikarigaoka now is an area filled with so much greenery, it seems a world removed from the rest of Tokyo.
