12 Culture Nasu-onsen-jinja Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Nasu-onsen-jinja Shrine is at the foot of Chausu-dake Mountain (1915m). Nasu-yumoto Onsen Hot Springs is very close to this s...
Activities 50/50 Hannah Warren An American-style diner was not exactly what I expected to come across in the back streets of Kamata. And yet, 50/50 is exact...
Culture Vietnam Festival in Yoyogi Park 2026 Todd Wojnowski The Vietnam Festival, held annually in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park, is an exciting and delicious slice of Southeast Asian life. Like...
Food Basashiya Masashi in Asakusa Kyle Hedlund If you are a fan of Japan's unique regional cuisines, you will surely know that the central Kyushu prefecture of Kumamoto is ...
Culture Amazing Pocket Wi-Fi Jeremy Yap How to travel in Japan while staying connected? The answer is simple and it's called Pocket Wi-Fi. Get it from Wi-Fi-Hire.com!
Shopping Mitsui Outlet Park - Iruma Todd Wojnowski The Mitsui Outlet Park is a huge outlet mall in Iruma, Saitama. It features a large number of shops - mostly clothing - that...
Food Tamago to Watashi Karin Wu When wandering around Shinjuku at night, one is usually bombarded with people walking on the streets advertising for their iz...
Culture Kamakura Engaku-ji Temple in Spring Tomoko Kamishima Engaku-ji Temple was established in 1282 for the repose of both Chinese and Japanese soldiers’ souls. The war between the Yua...
Activities Manjushage Festival, Koma Allan Murphy For fifty weeks of the year, the town of Koma (just 50 km from Ikebukuro, Tokyo) could be just about anywhere in rural Japan,...
Culture Odawara Paper Lanterns Hannah Warren Odawara is famous for Odawara-jochin, a style of chochin (paper lantern) specific to Odawara City. Different to ordina...
