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Nijo Castle

Nijo Castle

Nijo Castle is one of the most accessible UNESCO spots in Kyoto, being just a short walk from Nijojo-mae Station. The former ...

Kyoto
Canine Fashion in Japan

Canine Fashion in Japan

Scott Brause

Pet ownership in Japan is at an all-time high, with lapdogs and smaller canines leading the pack. The Yoyogi Park WanWan Carn...

Tokyo
Nagoya Castle

Nagoya Castle

Nagoya Castle is located in Aichi Prefecture and was built by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Hommaru Palace, completed in 1615, served...

Aichi
Night Walk at Ueno 6

Night Walk at Ueno

Senén Germade

JR Ueno station is a good meeting point. If you take the south exit you can reach Ameyoko within a walking distance. Ameyoko ...

Tokyo
Kumano Nachi Taisha

Kumano Nachi Taisha

The Kumano Nachi Taisha is a Shinto shrine and part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed holy sites and pilgrimage routes in t...

Wakayama
Nagaoka Hodare Festival

Nagaoka Hodare Festival

Kim

Wishing for fertility? The annual Nagaoka Hodare Festival is said to bring luck to those trying for a child, or hoping for a ...

Niigata
Cosquerade at Fushigi-ichi

Cosquerade at Fushigi-ichi

JJ Walsh

The Fushigi-ichi matsuri held in front of Yokogawa station every April includes many festival-goers in elaborate cosplay cost...

Hiroshima
Sapporo Odori Park

Sapporo Odori Park

Odori Park (Odori Koen) is a 13-block open space that stretches 1.5 kilometers from east to west. It is just under 7.9 hectar...

Hokkaido
Ouchi-juku

Ouchi-juku

Ouchi-juku was a small post office in the Edo period and part of the Aizu Nishi Kaido trade route. Merchants who were passing...

Fukushima