14 Culture Hokkaido Jingu in Sapporo Valerie Kor Children celebrate the shichi-go-san festival with their families
12 Culture Flower Festival Yosakoi Parade JJ Walsh Hiroshima's flower festival features dancing troupes from across Japan in amazing costumes doing synchronized Yosakoi on the ...
Culture Fancy A Fan? Arlene Bastion How the Japanese round fans, uchiwa, are handcrafted in Marugame.
Culture Asakusa Shutter Art Peter Lin Before the crowds show up in Asakusa, a walk along the streets of Nakamise Dori is an interesting experience and allows for v...
12 Culture Daiho-in Garden Larry Knipfing Daiho-in Temple Garden in May: The sound of water dripping out of bamboo into a small moss covered fountain blended with a bi...
6 Culture Imabari Castle Photos Mandy Bartok Imabari Castle is one of Japan's only seaside castles, and a beautiful place to pass a spring afternoon.
12 Culture Pottery Kilns at Shigaraki Cathy Cawood See climbing kilns at Shigaraki, a town that has produced pottery for thousands of years, and is one of the 'Six Old Kilns of...
Culture Yamagata: Spiritualism and Nature Geoff Day Yamagata connects natural sightseeing destinations with spirituality effortlessly. Discover inner peace like the local monks ...
12 Culture Tokyo's Imperial Palace East Garden Peter Sidell Inside the Imperial Palace's moat, the east garden gives you a both a tranquil green space to relax beside its pond, and a lo...
9 Culture Yokohama’s Shomyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Shomyo-ji Temple was established in 1258 as a family temple of Hojo Sanetoki, one of the Kamakura clans. The garden of the te...
