Tateyama Alpine Route in Motion Somrak Bhakdisuparit Early fall colors along Tateyama Alpine Route on a rainy day. Bathe in nature traveling via various transportation modes alon...
Culture Sengoku Three Sisters Shrine, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Three Sisters Shrine in Fukui stands on Kitano-Sho Castle Ruins. It enshrines the famous sisters of the Sengoku Period, Chach...
Food Hoshinoya Karuizawa, Food Selection Tomoko Kamishima Hoshinoya Karuizawa offers a variety of food choices: Main dining "Kasuke," casual restaurant "Sonmin Shokudo," various resta...
15 Shibata Shrine inside Castle Ruins Takako Sakamoto Located near JR Fukui station, Shibata Shrine stands on the Kitano-Sho Castle Ruins enshrining a famous samurai in the Sengok...
Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Garden Tomoko Kamishima Sezon Museum of Modern Art sits in a forest, and actually it was designed as “Museum in deep green.”
11 Basho's Poem and Konzenji Temple Takako Sakamoto Konzenji Temple in Tsuruga, Fukui: A stone monument of Matsuo Basho's poem written for the sad fate of Nitta Army defeated he...
16 Early Fall at Lake Kitagata, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Lake Kitagata in Awara, Fukui, is an idyllic playground. Ride a rental bike and enjoy cycling around the lake on the 'Humming...
12 Deep-Fried Pork Diner, Katsudoki Takako Sakamoto 'Katsudoki' in Sabae city, Fukui prefecture, is a rare 'Tonkatsu (deep-fried pork)' restaurant where you can eat 'regular' de...
10 Iridescent River, Kamikoshi Valley Masayoshi Hirose In a valley deep in a mountain in Aichi, I saw a rainbow-colored river for the first time in my life. What a thrilling experi...
14 Toko-ji in Kofu Cathy Cawood This Kamakura Period temple has a dry garden with magnificent standing rocks, and a pond shaped like the ideogram for 'dragon'.
