Area Shirakawago Village Justin Dart In the northwest corner Gifu nestled in the Ryohaku Mountains shadow of Mount Haku, one of Japan's sacred mountains, is Shira...
Area Nakatsugawa Justin Dart “The Kiso Road is all in the mountains.” “Spring is slow coming to my mountain home” - Toson Shimazaki wrote when describing ...
Transportation Tsurumai Line Subway Chris Glenn Officially titled the “Nagoya City Rapid Railway Line 3”, Nagoya’s Tsurumai Line subway system links the Meitetsu groups busy...
Shopping Handa Dashi Festival Chris Glenn Japan’s greatest Dashi, or parade float festival, the Handa Dashi Festival happens every 5 years in Handa, just south of Nag...
Activities The Battle of Okehazama Chris Glenn 2,500 samurai trounced an army of 35,000 in what became known as the Battle of Okehazama. It was one of Oda Nobunaga’s finest...
Activities Mikawa Bushi and Ieyasu Museum Chris Glenn Proud, stoic, loyal strong. These are the attributes of the Mikawa Bushi, samurai of the Matsudaira clan of Mikawa who becam...
Culture Meijiza Theater Justin Dart A Meiji period theater nestled in the Japanese cyprus covered mountains of Kashimo that still hosts locally produced Kabuki
Chiikawa Yaki Nagoya PARCO Kim Bergström Fans of Japan's endlessly adorable characters will soon have a new reason to visit central Japan, as a dedicated Chiikawa-the...
