Culture Yabusame in Kamakura 2025 Adeline Ong Experience the Samurai spirit through horseback archery at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura
Culture Kaburaki Kiyokata Art Museum Peter Sidell Kaburaki Kiyokata was a respected Japanese painter known for his bijin-ga, paintings of beautiful women. His former home in K...
Culture Yokosuka Museum of Art Harumi Inouye A place I had longed to visit, and now recommend to you, is the Yokosuka Museum of Art. I first saw the architectural beauty ...
Culture The Gaiety Theater & Iwasaki Museum Tomoko Kamishima The Iwasaki Museumin Yokohama’s Yamate district stands on land that used to be known as the Gaiety Theater in 1866.
Culture Kanamara Penis Festival 2025 Ontoshiki Vun The Shinto Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus) each April at Kawasaki's Kanayama shrine is centered around the m...
Culture Kamakura’s Komyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Komyo-ji is quite near Zaimoku-za Beach. The sunset from here is incredibly beautiful, when you can see Mt. Fuji and Enoshima...
Culture Yokosuka Naval Port Cruise Harumi Inouye Today I would like to introduce a unique cruise tour in Yokosuka City. The main purpose of this cruise is to tour the battle...
Culture Motomachi Waterworks & Brick Works Tomoko Kamishima If you happen to come across the remains of this interesting waterworks in Motomachi, you will be so curious that you won’t b...
Culture Sankeien Garden Sakura Viewing Larry Knipfing Visiting Sankeien Garden any time of the year is special, but visiting the park during cherry blossom season is amazing.
Culture Kamakura’s Egara-tenjin Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Because Michizane was a plum lover, Egara-tenjin is adorned with plum blossom: the wooden gate, paper lanterns, a purificati...