Culture Omodakaya Mingei Museum Justin Dart The Omodakaya Folkcraft museum has a vast collection of everyday commoner tools from the late Edo and early Meiji periods. Ca...
Culture A Visit to Mt Yoshino Paul Hackshaw Located at the end of the Omine Okugakemichi, an ancient ascetic training trail for mountain monks, and now a UNESCO World He...
Culture Exploring in Detail: Osanbashi Pier Tomoko Kamishima Osanbashi Pier is wonderful. It affords a magnificent view in every direction. and is really a splendid place.
Culture Meeting the Kamakura Daibutsu Tomoko Kamishima The great Daibutsu of Kamakura is one of the greatest, most popular and most beloved statues in Japan, and indeed, of all the...
Culture Hase Kannon Temple in Kamakura Tomoko Kamishima At Hase Temple, you can take the opportunity to trace a picture of a Buddhist statue, or write Buddhist chants in Chinese kan...
Culture A Stroll Through Sankei-En Garden Larry Knipfing Sankei-En Garden is a great place to bring special guests, who are always impressed by this very quiet, serene, setting of Ja...
Culture Sumiyoshi Taisha Jeannie Gan The headquarters of all Sumiyoshi shrines in Japan. Come see the unique Drum Bridge and be mesmerized with the stone lanterns...
Culture Yodogawa Fireworks Festival 2024 Jeannie Gan Firework viewing, called hanabi in Japanese, at Yodogawa River is a real crowd pleaser. One of top ten ways to spend your sum...
Culture Yokohama Children's Land Harumi Inouye Yokohama Children's Land is a great park for children...and adults who are young at heart. A Yokohama oasis.