6 Majestic Mountains in Tohoku Yasuhiro Mori Two majestic mountain ranges and a crater lake that changes color inTohoku: the Zao Mountains and the Azuma Mountains. Drive ...
Culture Yakuō-in Temple on Mt. Takao, Tokyo Todd Wojnowski Yakuo-in features beautifully decorated and colored structures spread across multiple levels on the face of Mt. Takao in west...
Activities Mount Hiei Garden Museum Kyoto Bonson Lam The Mt. Hiei Garden Museum is inspired by French paintings from Monet and Renoir. Nature and art co-exist in a thought provok...
Food Uchida's Pickles Shop at Nishiki Shozo Fujii Kyoto pickle vegetables are indispensable to a meal. Using the raw materials of the four seasons like vegetable blossoms and ...
Accommodation Tazawako Rose Park Hotel Keith Wyss The Tazawako Rose Park Hotel is situated right on the shore of beautiful Lake Tazawa, a caldera lake of about 20 km circumfer...
Activities Shinetsu Trail, Part 2 Rowland Douglas Part two: the Shinetsu trail a 4-6 day hike, running north-east from Mt. Madarao by Lake Nojiri. Moderately strenuous but not...
Transportation Sagano Romantic Train Named World's Most Scenic Rail Journey Kim Bergström Kyoto's Sagano Romantic Train has officially been named the most scenic train journey in the world in a new study by travel i...
Culture Eric Carle: The Very Hungry Caterpillar 2026 Kim Bergström A timeless children's classic will be celebrated in Tokyo this spring when "Eric Carle: The Very Hungry Caterpillar" opens at...
Activities Mount Yatsugatake Valerie Kor Pick fruits, ride a horse, have a picnic in the mountains, visit a farm, have a coffee at a vintage cafe, you can do all thes...
Culture Suimu Shrine Festival 2026 Justin Dart Suimu Shrine Festival has those of unlucky ages fight to push out the bad spirits that plague those ages.
