Culture Fuefukigawa Fruit Park in Yamanashi Cathy Cawood Spacious park with fruit trees, a fruit museum and many other features, is a great place for family outings, picnics, and eve...
16 Fukui's Kurotatsu Shrine in Spring Takako Sakamoto Beautiful Kurotatsu Shrine with falling cherry blossoms at the end of Sakura season and photos of inside the prayer hall.
16 Carp Streamers with Cherry Blossoms Takako Sakamoto Carp Streamers fluttering in the wind across a small river lined with pretty cherry blossoms in Sabae City in Fukui Prefecture.
15 Spring on Sakura Street in Fukui Takako Sakamoto Pretty pale pink cherry blossoms decorating the sidewalk of Sakura Street in Fukui City.
6 Activities Fuji-Q Highland Ice Skating Eriko Fukui Fuji-Q Highland Ice skating is open in Winter until the first weekend of April. You can skate under open skies with close up ...
12 Plum Trees in Limelight at Yokokan Takako Sakamoto Pretty plum blossoms illuminated in the night at Yokokan Garden in Fukui. Although there weren't many plum trees in the garde...
Food Shioya Mishima Peter Sidell Right by Mishima station in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Shioya is a cheery, inexpensive wild west-themed restaurant speciali...
Culture Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival 2027 Leslie Taylor Each year between February and March, Kawazu on the Izu Peninsula hosts the Kawazu Sakura Festival, one of Japan's most uniqu...
Culture Wolf Children Ame and Yuki's house Martyn Bissett Wolf Children was a 2012 Japanese animation movie directed by Mamoru Hosoda and this was their family home, and the setting f...
Shopping Tatsumiya Bento Boxes Aya Sakaguchi Enjoy the professional works of the Ishikawa craftsmen while eating lunch! The kokeshi style lunch box would be a perfect sou...
