Culture Timeless Tranquility Elysse Hurtado Roughly a 10 minute walk from Itako Station is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, the venerable (and long-suffering) Cho...
Culture Okayama Orphan Asylum Kenji Chida Okayama City has a lot of history but one of the hidden gems is the remains of the Okayama Orphange. Founded by Juji Ishii du...
Culture Isso-an Anonymous Issō-an, home of the free-form haiku poet Taneda Santōka who lived until 1940. It stands on the route of the Iyo Yama no Be n...
Culture The Pioneers: Masters of Edo Painting 2020 Kim A special exhibition titled "The Pioneers: Masters of Edo Painting" is taking place until November 8th at Osaka's Abeno Haruk...
Culture Nikko Kaido near Soka Justin Dart Nikko Kaido - the road to the deep dark north still survives in places - particularly in east Saitama - near Soka
12 Culture Komyo-ji Temple of Kamakura Tomoko Kamishima Komyo-ji Temple is just a few steps from the sea, and the sea breeze here always seems to purify the temple’s precincts and v...
Culture Gio-ji Temple, Kyoto: Part 2 of 4 Shozo Fujii Gio-ji Temple is more of a hermitage than a temple. It is a building with a kitchen sandwiched between two Japanese style roo...
Culture Mercantile History and Culture Anonymous From the Edo period, the rural town of Uchiko accumulated great wealth through trade in high quality wax candles. You can sti...
Culture The Place of Cultural Diversity Emran Abdullah International University of Japan is a mini United Nations, with 300 students and faculty members from 50 countries living to...
