Activities Star Illumination of Goryokaku 2025-2026 Mandy Bartok Hakodate lights up the winter nights with a special three-month illumination at the Goryokaku star-shaped fortress.
13 Culture Noritake Garden, Nagoya Peter Sidell Close to Nagoya station in Japan's Aichi prefecture, Noritake Garden is a historical site with pleasant lawns, restaurants an...
Culture Takatori Castle Ruins in Nara Bryan Baier Nara's Takatori Castle Ruins, Japan's largest mountain castle, is both a fantasy world realized and a spectacular Japanese ve...
8 Culture Autumn at Kamakura's Engaku-ji Mandy Bartok The precincts of Kamakura's Engaku-ji are brilliantly colored by fall foliage in late November to early December
Activities Winter Fantasy in Mannou Park 2025-2026 Naoko Takeuchi Winter fantasy in Sanuki Mannou Park is one of the largest scale illuminations in the Shikoku area
11 Activities Tokyo's Lake Okutama Steve Morton Experience the natural wonders of Tokyo`s largest and most important lake
Accommodation Ryokan-Hotel Mount View Hakone Sandra Isaka The ryokan-hotel 'Mount View Hakone' is a great foreigner-friendly accommodation choice in Sengokuhara, close to popular sigh...
Food Farm to Table Terra Restaurant Mick Nippard Most places start with the proteins and build the menu from there, but not here. The vegetables are the stars.
Culture Mishima Clematis Garden Peter Sidell Near Mishima on the Izu Peninsula in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, the Clematis Garden is an attractive cluster of art museums...
Culture Mat-Cha-Doh Tea Experience Mandy Bartok Mat-Cha-Doh offers traditional tea ceremony experiences and a five-course cha-kaiseki meal, as well as tea and sweets tasting.
