14 Culture Namaste India Festival, Yoyogi Park Todd Wojnowski It's hard not to be impressed by the diversity on display at the Namaste India Festival in Yoyogi Park. Food with a local fla...
Culture Fussa City - Temples & Shrines Sleiman Azizi Fussa City may be famous for its American military base but the temples and shrines of the city offer traditional Japanese si...
Culture Rokkakudo Reborn Elysse Hurtado At the northern tip of Ibaraki lies a series of rocky inlets facing the Pacific Ocean renowned for their physical beauty, and...
10 Culture Kyoto Nison-in Temple in Autumn Tomoko Kamishima Nison-in Temple in Arashiyama (northwest Kyoto) is a fantastic place to enjoy autumn leaves. The view from the top of the hil...
9 Culture Suwa Shrine in Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck Suwa Shrine is a peaceful Shinto shrine in Yuzawa that features in the Snow Country novel
13 Culture Kannon-ji Temple Todd Wojnowski Kannon-ji Temple highlights the quaint, back-to-nature attractiveness of Hanno City in Saitama. Plan your next hiking route t...
12 Culture Kodai-ji Temple's Lovely Grounds Larry Knipfing In 1606, Kita-no-Mandokoro established this temple in memory of her late husband Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of Japan's greatest-...
Culture Japan's Birthplace of Hydroelectricity Justin Velgus Sankyozawa is a small admission-free museum attached to the Sankyozawa Hydroelectric Powerplant. The one generator facility ...
Culture Kawazu Heian Buddha Statue Pavilion Peter Sidell This small museum in Kawazu, on the Izu Peninsula in central Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, is home to wooden Buddhist statues ...
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...
