11 ECOPA Nature Walks Peter Sidell Near Kakegawa in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, ECOPA Stadium is surrounded by forested hills, a good place for some gentle hik...
Activities Charmant Hiuchi Snow Resort Bryan Baier Charmant Hiuchi Snow Resort: a small mountain with big powder from first run till last. Remote enough to keep away the crowds
Food Omen Japanese Restaurant Bonson Lam JapanTravel writer Bonson Lam gets an unexpected history lesson as he drops in to an inn with an ominous name in the cultural...
Accommodation Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa Takako Sakamoto Built on ex-imperial family property in Shinagawa, the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa is a high-ranked Prince Hotel which pr...
10 Stolen Glimpses of Byodo-in Cathy Cawood Views of Byodo-in at Uji, taken from the path outside the temple grounds, with tiled roof tops rising above green trees.
Activities Godzilla and Oga Peninsula Malcome Larcens Every time that I go to Akita Prefecture, I think it is full of mysteries, but it has stunning coastline too!
Ichijodaki Kojiro Falls in Fukui Hiroshi Ohnuki An aerial view of Ichijodaki (Kojiro Falls) in autumn. Located close to Ichijodani Asakura Ruins, the famous Japanese swordsm...
Beauty & Spa Hiking in Beautiful Kaeda Valley Iain Stanley Hiking in beautiful Kaeda Valley in Miyazaki, where you will find rushing waters, giant rocks and cheeky monkeys.
14 Machida Tenmangu Shrine Cathy Cawood Shrine in Tokyo's Machida City with beautiful wood carvings decorating one of its buildings. Tenmangu shrines are the place t...
7 Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine Masayoshi Hirose Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine, the second shrine of Three Major Shrines in Kumano, is known as 'A Place of Resurrection'.
