Culture Free Classes at Shakaden Reiyukai Connor Lappin Going inside one of Tokyo's best kept secrets. Shakaden Reiyukai is a Buddhist temple doubling as a community center.
12 Culture Shutter Art at Senso-ji Temple Larry Knipfing If you come early, before any of the shops open along the long street that leads to the temple from Kaminarimon Gate, you’re ...
12 Culture Zeniarai Benzaiten Shrine, Kamakura Adeline Ong This is one of the famous Shinto shrines and location of a miraculous spring in Kamakura. Washing money in the spring is sup...
Culture Ome City - Temples and Shrines Sleiman Azizi Ome City in the Tama region of western Tokyo is home to many historical and cultural temples and shrines. These include Narik...
8 Culture Autumn Leaves at Natadera Temple Kathryn Wortley Each autumn, Natadera Temple near Kaga Onsen is framed in stunning shades of red, orange and yellow leaves, making it well wo...
10 Culture The White Houses of Matsumoto Bonson Lam Just moments away from a canal in the town of Matsumoto, there is a row of merchant houses, the beautiful stonemasonry settin...
9 Culture Kamakura’s Joraku-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Joraku-ji Temple was established in 1237 by the 3rd Regent of the Kamakura Shogunate, Hojo Yasutoki who created the first set...
12 Culture Hoji-ji Temple, Nagoya Peter Sidell In southern Nagoya in Japan's Aichi prefecture, Hoji-ji is a charming Buddhist temple.
Culture Yume Kukan Luxury Carriages Sleiman Azizi LaLaport Shin Misato is the home to two of three luxury train carriages built in the 1980s. Decommissioned in 2008, the dinin...
Culture Ooka Makoto Kotoba Museum, Mishima Peter Sidell In Mishima in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, the Ooka Makoto Kotoba Museum holds regular special exhibitions on a range of art ...