12 Culture A Walk Around Hiroshima Castle Chantelle Silva The 1.5km path around Hiroshima Castle will take you on a scenic journey through time and provide you with beautiful 360 degr...
15 Kannon Shrine in a Seaside Cave Takako Sakamoto Inside Tamagawa Cave Kannon Shrine on Echizen Beach are 33 Kannon statues collected from 33 Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage temples...
Transportation Peach Airlines Gets a 15th Anniversary Refresh Kim Bergström Peach Airlines has long been known for cheap, no-fuss travel around Japan, and now it is giving its brand a refresh for its 1...
Minato-no-mieru-oka Park Tomoko Kamishima Minato-no-mieru-oka Park: A pleasant walk with a harbor view. I felt completely released from everything with the sea breeze ...
10 Gion Matsuri in Photos: Part 3 Hugo Kempeneer Yamaboko Junko: A Pictorial Overview of the famous Gion Matsuri in Kyoto, Part 3!
16 Activities A Spring Hike in Mitsuse Tristan Scholze Spring flowers and new green shoots forth in this nature walk in the village of Mitsuse, near Fukuoka City. Photographs taken...
Activities Tomogashima Carlos Takashima Tomogashima is a former island fort off the coast of Wakayama City
Food Penny Lane Bakery Cafe, Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa Penny Lane is a sit-down bakery/café/bar in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture with dark wood paneling, stained glass doors, shad...
Culture Shofuku-ji Temple in Hakata Tony Mariani Shofuku-ji Temple is the first home of Zen Buddhism in Japan, as well as the starting point for tea.
9 Activities Kuju in February Tristan Scholze Visit Aso-Kuju National Park in central Kyushu once—anytime of year—and you’ve seen great beauty. But if you make the time to...
