Culture Hirano Museum of Art, Hamamatsu Peter Sidell In Hamamatsu in central Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Hirano Museum of art is a small, charming art museum, with exhibitions o...
Culture Nakagawa Kazumasa Art Museum, Matto Peter Sidell In the suburbs of Kanazawa in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture, Nakagawa Kazumasa Memorial Museum of Art is a small museum dedicat...
Activities 5 Destinations for Monet Fans in Japan Kim Bergström Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a founder of the impressionist painting movement, and was influenced strongly by Japanese art in...
Shopping The Soap of Sendai: Botchan Justin Velgus "Botchan" is the brand name of a non-additive, high quality soap born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Recently, there are ...
Culture Nature Groove 2026 Kim Bergström Nature Groove was born from the idea of creating a world-class sustainable outdoor festival in the mountains of Niigata.
Food Asakusa GYUUNA Yadoki: Premium Eel & Wagyu Beef in Asakusa Ryan Noble To enter the world of premium Japanese eel and wagyu beef at accessible prices, head to Asakusa GYUUNA Yadoki in Asakusa, Tok...
Culture The Fantastic Tottori Trip - Day 3 George Popescu hanakairo flower park, mount daisen, daisen-ji temple, ogamiyama shrine, milk no sato farm, kitaro airport
Culture Hiking Around Azuchi Castle Ruins rachel teo The relentless heat of the Japanese summer has finally waned, and it's the best time of the year to go on a hike! Join me in ...
Planning Kanazawa Makes Nat Geo's Best of the World 2025 List Kim Bergström National Geographic recently released their Best of the World 2025 compilation covering some of the top travel destinations t...
Culture Shosan-ji Summer Festival 2026 Yoshifumi Hara August 30th is the Buddhist memorial festival at Shikoku's 12th temple, Shousan-ji, which is one of the 88 temples on a pilgr...