Culture The Underrated Meiji-Mura Richard Mulvihill Over 60 buildings from the Meiji Restoration have been collected from around Japan and are now displayed in a beautifully sec...
Culture Sengakuji Temple, Shinagawa Jessica A Paje Sengakuji Temple is the final resting place for the 47 Ronin samurai and in modern day Tokyo, the themes of “Gi” (justice;義...
Culture The Ultimate Geisha Dress-up Bonson Lam The deluxe option for Geisha dress up and professional photos in Kyoto
11 Culture The Nishi-Asa San-Kita Mikoshi Anonymous This Japanese Shinto festival in Asakusa is a lively event performed by the residents of Nishi-asa San-kita
Culture Sealed Buddhist Statue of Horyu-ji Tomoko Kamishima Among the hundreds of statues in Horyu-ji Temple, the most mysterious statue there might be Guze (Kuse) Kannon.
Culture Osaka International Church Bonson Lam Osaka International Church has Bilingual (English & Japanese)services on Sun at 10am. It is approximately a 5 minute walk fro...
7 Culture German-style Oktoberfest Odaiba Michael Kaplan Oktoberfest in Odaiba, is a great experience of the Japanese version of the annual German Festival. Enjoy beers,ales, sausag...
Culture Exploring Yamagata the Basho Way Alena Eckelmann Matsuo Basho, an Edo Era Japanese haiku poet (1644-1694) undertook a five-month journey, mainly on foot, to the north of Japan.
Culture Kaburaki Kiyokata Art Museum Peter Sidell Kaburaki Kiyokata was a respected Japanese painter known for his bijin-ga, paintings of beautiful women. His former home in K...