12 Culture Tokyo’s Hamarikyu Garden Tomoko Kamishima Once a vacation home of a Daimyo, a Shogun and the Emperor, the water level of a pond inside this beautiful garden ebbs and f...
Culture Tennozu Water Opera 2026 Kim Bergström Tokyo's Tennozu waterfront is set to host a new cultural event this autumn, as the area stages its first-ever floating opera ...
18 Culture Kurihama Flower World Sher Ying Wee Spring - the famous season for flowers! Where better to find a never ending field of poppies than in the Flower World?
11 Culture Yokohama's Aka Renga Soko Larry Knipfing Formally the Customs Inspection House for Yokohama in the early 1920's, these handsome red brick buildings have been converte...
11 Activities Yokohama's Sankei-en Garden in Snow Larry Knipfing Sankei-en Garden is generally recognized as one of Japan's most beautiful. Covered this day by a soft white blanket of snow, ...
Activities Higashi Shiiya Waterfall Mandy Bartok The Kegon Falls of Kyushu is hidden away in rural Oita and is the perfect spot for catching the autumn foliage without the cr...
11 Osawa Pond and Saga Gosho at Dusk Masayoshi Hirose Daikakuji Temple, also known as Saga-Gosho, the former Saga Emperor's Villa and Osawa-no-ike Pond, the largest artificial lak...
14 Activities Takashima in Shiga Prefecture Cathy Cawood Exploring Takashima, a country town in Shiga Prefecture with a Gulliver statue
8 Activities A Day on Mt Yufu Mandy Bartok Mt Yufu, the dual-peaked mountain that looms over Yufu City, makes for an excellent day hike in the warmer months,
Culture Plum Blossom at Jonan-gu in Kyoto 2027 Cathy Cawood Jonangu in Fushimi, Kyoto is a Heian era Shinto shrine with a camellia and plum blossom festival in February and March
