Beauty & Spa Echigo-Yuzawa Alena Eckelmann From Tokyo to the ski resort in less than 80 minutes-Echigo-Yuzawa is calling all snow enthusiasts in Tokyo!
11 Shimogoryo Shrine in Kyoto Cathy Cawood Small Heian Era shrine on Kyoto's Teramachi Street, has a graceful main hall, and looked especially beautiful wearing autumn ...
10 Activities Nikko's Senju-ga-hama Beach Tomoko Kamishima After a 30-minute walk from Saino-ko Lake, we heard a lapping sound of wate at the unseen shore. A few minutes later, we were...
Culture Kyoto's Kitano-Tenmangu Shozo Fujii This enshrined deity of scholarship helps those wishing to pass examinations.
13 Activities Yumegasaki Cape Tristan Scholze This cape of Tsuno Island in Yamaguchi, next to Yumesakinami Park and the Tsunoshima Lighthouse, is a beautiful place for a s...
9 Activities Yubiso and its Year-round Beauty C. Rio For the past four years I have had the privilege of calling Yubiso home. This sleepy village on the edge of Minakami is the g...
9 Activities Nagannu Island, Okinawa Varsha Vaswati Nagannu Island is an extremely beautiful, uninhabited island located a short 20 min ferry ride from the Naha city in mainland...
13 Tomikawa Magaibutsu Rock Carvings Cathy Cawood Granite rock face in Shiga Prefecture with 6.3 meter high carving of Buddha and two attendants.
Culture Iris Festival at Daian-zenji Temple Takako Sakamoto At Daian-zenji Temple, beautiful irises in full bloom welcomed me. There was soothing music in the air, coming from a Chinese...
7 Culture Dainichiji - Konan City C. Rio Temple twenty eight in the Shikoku Ohenro pilgrimage is also known the Great Sun Temple.
