Activities Dogtooth Violets at Katakuri no Sato Kim Each year from the second Saturday of March until the third Sunday in April, Shiroyama Katakuri no Sato in Kanagawa is open f...
Accommodation Toshinari Maeda Collection Exhibition Kim A special exhibition taking place at the Meguro Museum of Art looks at works from the collection of Toshinori Maeda, the 16th...
Activities Hydrangea Season at Kannonyama Park Kim If you're in Niigata during the rainy season and you're a hydrangea fan, there's one place you shouldn't miss. Kannonyama Par...
Activities Shiroijuku Cherry Blossom Festival Kim The Shirojuku Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual event in Gunma Prefecture, and it celebrates the beauty of Yaezakura, or d...
Digital Adventures in Japan Serena Ogawa Enough is enough~ Let's go on a trip . . . even a digital one!
Culture Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award Exhibition Kim Taro Okamoto (1911-1996) was a Japanese artist revered for his abstract and avant garde works. He was often seen as being qui...
Activities Oboshi Park Cherry Blossom Festival Kim Yamanashi's Oboshi Park is a delight during spring for cherry blossom fans. The grounds here are home to around 2000 cherry t...
Activities Matsumae Park Cherry Blossom Festival Kim From around late April to late May, Hokkaido's Matsumae Park comes alive with around 10,000 cherry trees in bloom from hundre...
Culture Kew Gardens Exhibition Kim A special exhibition taking place at the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art looks into a range of botanical artworks which w...
Culture Satsuki and Mei's House The Satsuki & Mei House is a life-size recreation of the house shown in the Studio Ghibli 1988 classic, My Neighbor Totoro. I...
