6 Culture A Winter Day at Hasedera Temple Hana Joy Though it can be a little chilly, winter is an excellent season to visit Hasedera Temple in Kamakura.
Culture A Day in Nikko Ian VanDuzer Tired of Tokyo? Head north to Nikko, home of Toshogu, Japan's most lavishly decorated shrine.
13 Culture Hodosan Shrine in Nagatoro Cathy Cawood Gorgeously decorated Hodosan Shrine in Nagatoro, Saitama
12 Culture Sekisanzenin Cathy Cawood Sekisanzenin is 9th century temple in North-East Kyoto with beautiful moss and lush maple trees. There are many stone lantern...
10 Culture En-no-ji Temple in Kita-Kamakura Tomoko Kamishima En-no-ji Temple in Kita-Kamakura enshrines the ten Kings of Hades—whom we meet when we die.
12 Culture Tsunashiki Tenmangu Shrine, Imabari Anonymous Tsunashiki Tenmangu is an expansive shrine complex with its northern entrance facing onto a beach on the Seto Inland Sea.
8 Culture Kamakura Myohon-ji Temple in Spring Tomoko Kamishima Elegant pink flowers bloom in mid April at Myohon-ji temple. Although this temple is very close to JR Kamakura Station, it al...
11 Culture Nature & Tradition: Tanigumi Temple Amber Echevarria Tanigumi Temple features expansive and beautiful mossy grounds, an underground hidden key, and a fertility temple full of bab...
12 Culture Shutter Art at Senso-ji Temple Larry Knipfing If you come early, before any of the shops open along the long street that leads to the temple from Kaminarimon Gate, you’re ...
Culture Celebrate the New Year in Shinagawa Serena Ogawa Shinagawa has a host of ways for you to celebrate the New Year, whether you want a Japanese experience of something more west...