Food Maekawa Unagi Restaurant, Asakusa Kyle Hedlund 200-year-old Maekawa restaurant in Asakusa is sure to convince you of the merits of eating unagi (eel).
4 Activities Snowfall at Asakusa Manish Prabhune Snowfall is unusual in Tokyo compared to northern Japan. This offers unique views of popular tourist spots, Asakusa as pictur...
Activities Scuba Diving in Hachijojima Bonnie Waycott Japan is not considered a top diving destination, but under the sea lies a stunning underwater world. A look at the colourfu...
Accommodation The Gate Hotel Kaminarimon Kyle Hedlund The Gate Hotel Kaminarimon offers unrivalled views of the local area and nearby Tokyo Skytree, as well as a comfortably intim...
6 Culture Autumn at Oiso Joyama Park Hana Joy In the autumn, Oiso Joyama Park lights up the fall colors of the Japanese maples using spotlights, and lines the park's walkw...
8 Culture British Consular Residence Tomoko Kamishima The reinforced concrete building next to Minato-no-mieru-oka Koen Park used to be the British Consular Residence in Yokohama....
Activities Nihon-ji Temple at Nokogiriyama Mackenzie Scott Nihon-ji Temple and its big Buddha are a pleasant surprise for many travelers exploring the trails of Nokogiriyama.
9 Culture Take A Walk In Yanesen Tokyo Joe Peters The Yanesen area of Tokyo, Taito-Ku & Bunkyo-ku not far from Ueno is a wonderful area for a day's outing with family or frien...
Activities Chiba Port Tower Experience Todd Wojnowski The Chiba Port Tower offers beautiful seascape and cityscape views at a fraction of the cost of those OTHER towers around Tokyo.
10 Culture Hakone Museum of Art, Garden Tomoko Kamishima The moss garden of the Hakone Museum of Art becomes a hidden paradise in mid-November. 130 kinds of moss cover the garden, sh...