Culture Craft Gyoza Festival 2026 Kim Bergström The Craft Gyoza Festival brings a variety of dumpling types from across the country to Komazawa Olympic Park, with some of th...
Culture Botchan Train Museum The Botchan Railway Museum is designed as a museum for everyone. It tells the story of the Iyotetsu Railway, which has been a...
Culture Culture and Beauty In Ishikawa Prefecture Leslie Taylor I am always on the lookout for locations offering Japan’s famous mixture of beautiful scenery and cultural depth without huge...
Culture Verny Park Originally opened in 1946 and revamped in 2001, Verny Park (ヴェルニー公園) is a French styled garden overlooking Kanagawa’s ...
Culture Gundam Statue & Gundam Front Tokyo Jessica A Paje The Gundam Statue and Gundam Front Tokyo are very popular attractions in Odaiba. The 1/1 scale of the humanoid-shaped vehicle...
Culture Yushima Tenmangu Yushima Tenmangu, also known as Yushima Tenjin, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Tenjin, the god of learning. It is convenient...
Culture Kongorin-ji Temple Kongorin-ji Temple is a peaceful place to relax, off the beaten path. If you want to venture outside the popular tourist spot...
Culture Hitachi Seaside Park in October Yu Nakao A perfect day outside Tokyo at Hitachi Seaside Park, a seaside park with gardens and an amusement park. It is a great place t...
Culture Yakushi-ike Park Yakushi-ike Park (Shikisai no Mori) is a medium-sized park filled with seasonal flowers. Inside the park, you can find histor...
Culture Otsuka Museum of Art, Tokushima Takako Sakamoto The unique Otsuka Museum of Art has more than 1,000 faithfully reproduced replicas of western masterpieces of art in their or...
