Shopping Tokyu Hands - Yokohama Carrie Jacobs You won’t read about Tokyu Hands in standard travel books, but it is quintessentially Japanese, and worthy of your valuable t...
Culture 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo Midtown Sue Ann Kunath For those of us that hold a great interest in architecture and design, the Design Sight 21-21 behind Roppongi’s Tokyo Midtown...
Activities Bungy Jumping in Minakami Rufus Starbuck Bungy jumping off Japan's only bridge bungy. 42 meters over the Tone River with a bungy cord around your ankles and the press...
Shopping Narita Yume Bokujo R A In 1887, the founder Akiba-san opened the first farm called Akiba Bokujo in Koto-ku, Tokyo. It was moved from there and then ...
Activities A Stroll Through Sangenjaya Maria Sangenjaya: a diversity of cheap eating-places with a lively atmosphere dot the streets, surrounded by izakayas (bars) of man...
12 Activities Kamakura’s Inamura-ga-saki Shore Tomoko Kamishima Inamura-ga-saki is a small cape between Yui-ga-hama and Shichiri-ga-hama beach. There is a tiny stretch of rock next to the c...
Transportation Sumida River Water Bus Route Tomoko Kamishima Taking a Water Bus and experiencing Tokyo from the river is a great way to grasp how water-centric this city really is.
Culture Exploring Yasukuni Shrine Lee Prescott Tokyo is home to hundreds of shrines, many are grand and certainly all are steeped in Japan’s religious and historical tradit...
Activities Takahagi's Hananuki Valley Elysse Hurtado If you prefer a little less touristic atmosphere to your outdoor adventures, then perhaps Takahagi’s Hananuki Valley would be...
Activities Autumn Colors at Fukuroda Falls Elysse Hurtado Ibaraki’s famous Fukuroda Falls, one of the 3 most beautiful falls in Japan, is located near the northern city of Daigo, roug...
