Culture Kyoto's Kitano-Tenmangu Shozo Fujii This enshrined deity of scholarship helps those wishing to pass examinations.
17 An Outing to Fukushima Radica Sooknarine Located in the south of the Tohoku region, Fukushima is the third largest prefecture in Japan. Unfortunately, since the Great...
12 Night-time View of Exotic Nagasaki Masayoshi Hirose I visited Nagasaki to take photos of its night views. Nagasaki has a lot of 'night-view spots' other than the famous Mt. Inasa.
Illuminara Connie Ng Nara lights up for Illuminara. By night fall Kasuga Taisha is a luminous garden adorned by thousands specks of lights. From J...
18 Splendors of Enoshima Island George Popescu Enoshima Island: Great day trip from Tokyo. Shrines, fishing, boating and more.
10 Gorgeous Pagoda Looming in the Dark Masayoshi Hirose Five-storied pagoda at Ruriko-ji Temple in Yamaguchi Prefecture: The mystic view of this pagoda illuminated on dark nights me...
Shopping Lapis Design & Art Supply Saskia Gilmour Lapis Design & Art Supply is an art supply store conveniently located only 2 minutes walk from Roppongi station, Tokyo.
14 Toko-ji in Kofu Cathy Cawood This Kamakura Period temple has a dry garden with magnificent standing rocks, and a pond shaped like the ideogram for 'dragon'.
Nightlife Tanabu Festival 2026 Shawn Swinger Tanabu Festival is a centuries old celebration of the end of summer involving colorful lights, massive moving shrines, dancer...
Activities A Walk through Nara Park Stefanus Husin A large park in the eastern part of Nara City filled with deer
