Shopping Yanaka Ginza in Taito-ku R A Yanaka Ginza is a famous traditional shopping street located in the Yanesen area of Tokyo. The names of three connected areas...
10 Culture Kamakura's Hase-dera Josef Diermair Hase-dera Temple should be high on your list if you plan to visit Kamakura. Located very close to the ocean, it features a ni...
Shopping Hanyu Brewery's Kobushi Beers Justin Dart Beer is good any day of the week - Hanyu's Kobushi Hana beers more than most! Brewed local and still relatively unknown - wel...
Food Shimbashi Dry-Dock Justin Dart Shimbashi's naval-esque secret, Dry-Dock, truly is a gem of a bar in an area known for its eclectic collection of drinking sp...
Activities Rental Bike Kizuki Sue Ann Kunath Wanting to explore Chiba’s Bōsō Peninsula by motorcycle, we headed for the Odaiba branch of Rental 819 Kizuki, with their lar...
10 Activities Nikko’s Ryuzu-no-taki Falls Tomoko Kamishima “Ryuzu-no-taki Falls” gets its name from the fact that the falls look like a dragon’s head when you see it looking up from ne...
6 Activities Nikko's Lovely White Birch Larry Knipfing This story focuses on a simple thing of beauty--the white birch. There are many in Nikko, especially in Senjogahara and Odaji...
10 Culture Fountainhead of Nikko Yumoto Onsen Tomoko Kamishima It is said that Priest Shodo who discovered most of the inner Nikko area also discovered a fountainhead in Yumoto in 788. He ...
Culture Narita-san in Chiba Miho Kuroda Temples, gardens, gift shops, Japanese traditional restaurants – all these are only minutes away from Narita International Ai...