Culture Bando POW Camp Site, Tokushima Takako Sakamoto Can you imagine any POW camp being a paradise? I couldn't, until I learned about this Bando POW Camp in WWI, from 1917 to 192...
6 Culture Tomioka Silk Mill Masato Kitamura Tomioka Silk Mill is Japan's first silk reeling factory and it symbolizes Japan's industrialization from the 19th century. In...
Culture National Art Center, Tokyo Jerome Lee National Art Center, Tokyo is the national government's fifth art institution to be organized under the umbrella of the Indep...
Culture Witness Where Sand Meets Sky: Tottori's Sand Dunes Siyoung Park Feel the greatness of nature at the Tottori Sand Dunes which have existed for over 100,000 years.
13 Culture Tokushima Castle Ruins Takako Sakamoto The stone walls are so colorful, and there is a statue of the first lord of Tokushima Han, Hachisuka Iemasa in the center of ...
Culture Hiratsuka Museum of Art Peter Sidell In Hiratsuka in Japan's Kanagawa prefecture, the Museum of Art is a grand and atmospheric, with spacious exhibition rooms and...
Culture Tochigi's Flower Carpet Festival Sandra Isaka The Ichikai Shibazakura Matsuri is a lovely flower carpet festival in Tochigi Prefecture, not far from Mashiko.
10 Culture The Last Blossoms of Kakunodate Bonson Lam By the beginning of May, the last cherry blossoms of Kakunodate have bloomed and are being blown away by the spring breeze. G...
Culture Yachiyo Azalea Festival Tom Hanaway The azalea plants take center stage at the eighth annual Yachiyo Azalea Festival in Chiba.
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.
