12 Exploring Gion Cathy Cawood Gion area in Kyoto has many interesting things to delight a sightseer, like the cute old post office, rickshaws, the giant tu...
7 Early Summer Green at Nison-in - 3 Masayoshi Hirose The two statues of the principal images of Nison-in Temple in Kyoto are as wonderful as famous maple leaves in autumn here.
Amazing Outside Corridors -1 Tomoko Kamishima Eikan-do 永観堂, officially called Zenrin-ji Temple 禅林寺 has a collection of amazing outside corridors connecting several t...
Activities Cooking Sun: Japanese Cooking Class Camille Dufour-Blain Want to learn more about Japanese Food? Taking cooking classes is definitely the best way to do so. Cooking Sun is a cooking ...
10 Jurinji Narihiradera at Oshio Bonson Lam Jurinji sits in the tranquil hills between Osaka and Kyoto, just 30 minutes from Higashi Muko Station. Long before Kyoto, the...
7 Autumn Foliage of Eikando, Kyoto: 2 Masayoshi Hirose Autumn Foliage of Eikando: The shining maple leaves at sunsets will leave you speechless.
7 Jazz Spot Yamatoya Connie Ng Like a page out of a Murakami novel, Kyoto’s Jazz Spot Yamatoya serves up late nights, smoke and whiskey over smooth jazz. Wi...
8 Amano-Hashidate to Maizuru Cathy Cawood The coastline between Amano-Hashidate and Maizuru has beautiful ocean views, white sandy beaches and a nice smooth road for c...
9 From Kotohikihama to Amanohashidate Cathy Cawood Day spent cycling from Kotohikihama through the interior of Tango Peninsula, with its small towns, rice fields and forested h...
11 The Rock Garden of Ryoan-ji Temple Masayoshi Hirose In June this year, I visited Ryoan-ji Temple, the temple of 'Rock Garden', and enjoyed the beauty of it surrounded by fresh g...
