Culture What's Nice About Niimi Arlene Bastion Niimi is a nice place to be in, sumptuous scenery, food, and history, at your feet.
9 Culture Historical Kurashiki Bikan at Night Masayoshi Hirose In central Japan's Okayama prefecture, Kurashiki is a handsome historical town. After sunset, its Bikan district is illuminat...
Culture The Taxi Driver in Okayama Veronica Carnevale On yet another tiring temple visit with his mom, Satoshi has a curious interaction with a taxi driver and later, experiences ...
7 Culture Kurashiki Bikan Historical Area in Okayama Lily The Kurashiki Bikan Historical area in Kurashiki City, Okayama is a traditional Edo era townscape. It and the surrounding riv...
Culture Achi Shrine's Zodiac Sanctum Arlene Bastion No better place to rest in Kurashiki than in quiet Achi Shrine, made interesting with a Zodiac sanctum, a smaller sub-shrine...
Culture Kurashiki’s Cotton Story Arlene Bastion Kurashiki spun good from bad with its lucky choice to grow cotton when rice crops failed. It is now Japan's leading producer ...
Culture Bizen Osafune Sword Museum’s Deadly Beauties Arlene Bastion The rather romantic allure of the swords at this museum comes from their design intended for slaying power, making them deadl...
Culture Osaka to Hiroshima: Stop on the Way Peter Sidell Plenty of visitors to Japan head directly straight from Osaka to Hiroshima, but there's a lot to see and do in between! Here'...
Culture 400 Years of European Painting Kim The Tokyo Fuji Museum is located in Hachioji, Tokyo, and it is home to approximately 30,000 works of art from various genres....
Culture Keiko Sena Exhibition Kim A special event taking place at the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art looks at the works of Keiko Sena (1932 -), a picture bo...