10 Activities Shukkeien Plum Blossoms Paul Walsh "Ume" plum blossoms provide welcome color and cheer in the cold winter months. In Hiroshima, there is no better place to enjo...
Beauty & Spa Showaen Chris Glenn Showaen is one of Beppu’s finest hot spring resorts, and boasts the oppulent Kin no Yu, Golden Springs rotenburo, with real g...
Food Honmaru Goten Palace Restaurant Mandy Bartok The Honmaru Goten Palace Restaurant in Kumamoto gives visitors the chance to dine like a daimyo on a menu taken from the Edo ...
Culture Glover Garden in Nagasaki Alena Eckelmann Glover Garden in Nagasaki: posh residences of former foreign VIP residents in a hill on the Minami-Yamate hill
6 Culture Statues in Benten-kutsu Cave Hana Joy Benten-kutsu Cave and Benten-do Hall are located in Hase-dera Temple, Kamakura. The entrance to the cave itself is easy to ov...
Area Oki Islands Nicola Jones Have you ever heard of Shimane Prefecture? Probably not…That’s what most people say, not just travelers from overseas, but pe...
Food Yakitori Sumika, Kutchan Nicole Bauer Sumika in Kutchan, Niseko area, is a cozy little yakitori place with a homely atmosphere. The best minced chicken skewers I'v...
12 Culture Kamakura's Hongaku-ji Temple Larry Knipfing Hongaku-ji Temple in Kamakura features an impressive old bell, lotus in pots in the summer, and a festival on New Year's Eve ...
12 Culture Okamori Shrine in Uchiko Anonymous Okamori Shrine in Uchiko is located next to Kameoka Shuzo sake brewery. Steep steps lead up through a bamboo forest to the is...
Activities Konpirasan Shrine Tony Mariani Kompirasan is the main shrine dedicated to sailors and sea-fairing. There are other Kompira shrines in Japan but the shrine i...
