Culture Yokohama’s Soji-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima The sprawling and beautiful Soji-ji Temple in Yokohama is one of the two biggest Zen temples of the Soto sect in Japan.
Culture Horie Shrine Bradford Pomeroy Horie Shrine is a small Shinto shrine in Saga City. Its origins begin in the Kamakura period and it was officially designated...
Culture Purikura Mecca Game Las Vegas Perri Silverstein プリクラのメッカ (Purikura Mecca) Game Las Vegas features the latest in Japanese photo booth machines. Gaggles of girls flock...
Culture Ama-no-Iwato Mandy Bartok See where myth and history meet at Awa-no-Iwato in Takachiho village
Culture Ryōzen Kannon Andrew Kehoe The Ryozen Kannon is a memorial to the Japanese war dead of World War 2 and a memorial to the unidentified remains of lost Ja...
Culture Byōdō-in Temple, Uji Ariane Mignault The Byōdō-in Temple as represented on the Japanese 10 yen coin can still be seen and visited today.
11 Culture Omihachiman Roof Tile Museum Cathy Cawood Japanese roof tile and roof ornaments displayed in a small but beautiful museum beside Omihachiman Canal.
Culture Hakone-Yumoto Tomoko Kamishima If you are not in a hurry before you need to head on to your next destination, I recommend that you stop and enjoy Hakone-yum...
Culture Mito's Kobuntei Elysse Hurtado Finally reopened after several long months of reconstruction, Mito’s historically rich Kobuntei could be considered the jewel...
Culture Heijo Palace Site Paul Hackshaw See the site of he former Imperial Palace, seat of the original Japanese government
