Shopping Sample Kobo in Gujo Justin Dart Every wanted to make a fake cake out of silicon? Sample Kobo, in downtown Gujo City, is the place to go.
Culture Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art JJ Walsh This thoroughly modern gallery was Japan's first public museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art, located in Hijiyama ...
Activities Tobe Zoo Anonymous Tobe Zoo sits on a forested hill-top south of Matsuyama. It’s the first zoo to successfully raise a polar bear by human hand ...
Activities Magical waters of Jonofuchi Park Anonymous Jonofuchi Park is a beautiful urban garden with ponds and streams fed from a natural spring. Home to koi carp and ducks, it’s...
Food Teiregi Chaya in Jonofuchi Koen Anonymous Teiregi Chaya in Jonofuchi Park serves beautifully prepared lunches, tea, coffee, and ices in season. The tea-house overlooks...
Area Odawara Larry Knipfing Odawara is a town situated on Sagami Bay along the Tokaido Line coast, fairly close to Mt. Fuji. It is best know for the beau...
Shopping Seiryu no Sato Hijikawa Road Station Anonymous Seiryu no Sato Hijikawa is a Road Station with a restaurant, food stalls, restrooms, and a farmer's market. The name means “h...
Accommodation Hakone's 350 Year-old Ichino-yu Inn Tomoko Kamishima I stayed at their oldest inn, Ichino-yu Honkan (一の湯本館) in mid winter. It is the best season to see snow covered Mt. Fuji...
Food Mori no Mado restaurant in Hiyoshi Anonymous Mori no Mado restaurant in Hiyoshi Yumesanchi Road Station offers a wide range of standard fare with a menu of seasonal speci...
Activities Sumo at Ryogoku Kokugikan Abi Barber Discover Japan's national sport at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Soak up the atmosphere as the world's top sumo wrestlers b...
