Activities Himakajima Sarah Mathews A short ferry ride from the mainland near Nagoya will get you to Himakajima (Himaka Island). It’s a great day trip from Nagoy...
12 Culture Exploring the Kurodani Cemetery - 2 Larry Knipfing Exploring the Kurodani Cemetery - 2: Beautiful images from a surprising, hilly Kyoto landmark
Kamakura Hachiman-gu, Star Festival Tomoko Kamishima Kamakura Hachiman-gu, Star Festival: During the season, beautiful colorful bowls with slips of paper, and bamboo branches ado...
15 Culture Yamagata Prefecture Local Museum Febry Fawzi Yamagata city is a former castle town that now turn into a beautiful city in Southwest Kanto region, home to the Bunshokan, o...
6 Activities Jogasaki Coastline Jean Gerard Dacher There's a 9 km long hiking trail along this beautiful jagged coast with many view points on the top of cliffs formed by lava ...
Culture Akita International University Justin Velgus Akita International University in Akita Prefecture is a small university in a rural location, but it is changing Japan's futu...
15 Culture Peony Gardens in Hase-dera, Nara Tomoko Kamishima Peony Gardens in Hase-dera, Nara: I enjoyed each of the Nobori-ro Corridors 399 steps that invited me up, up, up into the hol...
12 Culture Kyoto Bishamon-do Temple Tomoko Kamishima Kyoto Bishamon-do Temple: Giant weeping cherry tree at the temple of a guardian king
Activities Swallows Game - Meiji Jingu Stadium Todd Wojnowski Meiji Jingu Stadium is the home of the Central League's Yakult Tokyo Swallows.
Beauty & Spa The Glass is Always Greener Hannah Bambra Nii-jima, part of the Izu archipelago and broader Tokyo prefecture, where rare koga stone is made into Polynesian inspired st...
