Culture Getting to Know Japan's Oldest Zoo: Ueno Zoo Christopher Harley When you want to go to a zoo in the Tokyo area, your best option is Ueno Zoo. Located in Ueno Park quite close to the station...
Culture The Legend of Sendai Shiro Justin Velgus Sendai Shiro was a real man living in the late Edo/early Meiji era in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Through a series of almost r...
Accommodation Echigoya Ryokan - Narai David Hallman Nothing beats a long day exploring the classic wooden architecture of Narai. Unless its staying in one of its oldest and mos...
Accommodation Nyuto Onsen Steve Morton Set in a beautiful forest covered mountain, Nyuto Onsen is one place very much worth visiting, and one that is very accessibl...
Activities Animal Refuge Kansai John Carter Founded in 1990 by Elizabeth Oliver, ARK is the main organisation for the welfare of animals in Japan but it has taken some t...
Culture Summer Sonic Music Festival Jeremy Yap The biggest international acts, all in one place. For you, for me and the world
Culture Hakone Check Point Tomoko Kamishima The Samurai Government in Edo (the original name for Tokyo) controlled “incoming guns and outgoing women” very strictly.
Activities Caribbean & Latin American Festival Todd Wojnowski The Caribbean and Latin American Festival in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park features Russian, Korean, and Philippine cuisine, Indian bee...
Food Diavolo e Bambina Trattoria Justin Dart Diavolo e Bambina provides wonderful service, good Italian food all in a traditional Minka-style Japanese row house only 10 m...
Culture Hakone-jinja Shrine Tomoko Kamishima If I had to choose only one place to visit during my stay in Hakone, I would go to Hakone Shrine in the early morning or just...
