11 Kifune Cosmetics & Gallery, Kyoto Sandra Isaka Kifune Cosmetics & Gallery is an amazing shop/cafe located just south of famous Kifune Shrine in Kyoto. It sells an impressiv...
15 Antique Jewelry Exhibition Cathy Cawood Fascinating antique jewelry exhibition at Mikimoto Pearl Island in Toba shows how people have adorned themselves with pearls ...
Bath Encounters Anne Lauenroth Taking the Plunge: the story of two Westerners falling in love with Japanese bathhouses and Couchsurfing in Japan.
Shopping Funahashiya Traditional Snacks Bonson Lam Established in 1885, Funashiya's family store has stood over the banks of the Kamogawa in the same wooden machiya shophouse f...
8 50 Shades of Lilac, Pink and White Olga Visit the gardens of wisteria in the botanical garden of Nara Shin-en
10 Koyasan: Random Impressions Nicole Bauer It is the religious center of Shingon Buddhism in Japan and you can actually feel it throughout the whole valley. I highly re...
Oceanside City Charles Colfer Less than an hour train ride out of Osaka, you can visit it's coastal counterpart, a lively and comfortable city filled with ...
Shopping Stranded in London Books, Kyoto Khoirunnisa Wirdaningrum If you are a bookworm, you would be very pleased to visit London Books. This small bookstore only sells secondhand books in m...
