Culture Kyoto: My Alternative Top 3 Temples Peter Sidell Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto is home to hundreds of shrines and temples: here are three of my favourite less visited ones.
12 Culture Hokokuji Bamboo Garden in Kamakura Jessica A Paje The 2,000 Moso-bamboo garden at Hokokuji Temple in Kamakura is not only a great alternative to the iconic Sagano Bamboo Grove...
11 Culture Great Sunset from Kiyomizu-dera Tomoko Kamishima One of the great sunsets in Kyoto can be seen from the Sai-mon West Gate of Kiyomizu-dera Temple.
Culture Shiofune Kannon Azalea Festival 2024 Sandra Isaka Tokyo's best azalea festival takes place from mid-April to early May at Ome's Shiofune Kannon Temple.
Culture Kamakura's Daibutsu Hiking Trail Tomoko Kamishima The Daibutsu-Kuzuhara-ga-oka Course (大仏-葛原が岡) has fine scenery and is a relatively easy hike. And you can visit some ni...
Culture Naked Man Festival 2025 Adam Hacker Brave the cold of February in Okayama for the Saidaiji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri, also known as the Naked Man Festival, and consider...
Culture Yabusame Horse Archery Tsuwano 2025 Denes Perlaky Yabusame is a horse archery festival in Tsuwano, held on the second Sunday of April every year. The horse archery ground in T...
Culture Gotokuji Temple Gotokuji Temple is a Buddhist temple from the Edo period that is believed to be the birthplace of the Maneki-Neko cat. The te...
Culture Ushiku Daibutsu Ushiku Daibutsu is one of the three tallest bronze Buddha statues in the world. The 120-meter-high and 4,000-ton statue was e...
Culture Yoyogi Park As one of the largest green spaces in Tokyo, Yoyogi Park is a magnet for Tokyo residents who want to enjoy the sun and nature...
