10 Culture Cherry Blossoms at Zojo-ji Nicole Bauer Zojo-ji in Tokyo during sakura season: The scene around the temple with salarymen and office ladies enjoying their bento unde...
7 Culture Kamakura's Kakuon-ji Temple Larry Knipfing Kamakura's Kakuon-ji Temple is interesting and pretty. Tours, led by a priest, start at 10:00, 11:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00....
Culture Kiyomori Festival Paul Walsh The people of sacred Miyajima pay thanks to the medieval clan leader who laid the foundations for the island's fame and prosp...
6 Culture Hifuri Shinji at Aso Shrine Mandy Bartok Blazing torches light up the night at the annual Fire Swinging Festival near Kumamoto's volcanic Mt Aso
Culture Maizuru World Brick Museum Orrin Heath Experience a brick museum inside a rare steel-framed brick warehouse.
Culture Mizushima Central Park Kenji Chida Mizushima Central Park is a popular place to exercise or just relax in this industrial town.
6 Culture Tokyo's Koishikawa Korakuen, Bunkyo Ramon Geoffrey Evangelista Often underrated because of their distant relative, the cherry blossom, plum blossoms are still a sight to behold. Come visit...
12 Culture Akasaka’s Hie-jinja Shrine Tomoko Kamishima When Tokugawa Ieyasu set up the government in Edo, Hie-jinja was enshrined inside of Edo Castle (current day Imperial Palace...
Culture Horikawa Boat Cruise Judith Mikami Matsue, being a castle town, has an intricate web of waterways running through the town, spreading out from the inner and out...
Culture Step into the Homelife of Samurai Judith Mikami Walking along Shiomi-nawate street, the traditionally walled houses create and Edo period atmosphere. A finely preserved samu...
