Culture Okinawa's Sueyoshi Koen Sandra Isaka Okinawa's Sueyoshi Koen is a park in which visitors can escape to the jungle, visit a shrine and ancient tomb - all in centra...
7 Culture The Burning Mountain Temple C. Rio Temple twelve in the Shikoku Ohenro pilgrimage is also known as the Burning Mountain Temple.
12 Culture Shinsen-en Garden and Pond, Kyoto Larry Knipfing In 794, Emperor Kanmu established his government in Kyoto, and built a massive garden for himself. It was the first of its ki...
12 Culture Kyoto Kawai Jinja Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Kawai-jinja Shrine is near the south gate of Tadasu-no-mori Forest at the entrance of Shimogamo Jinja Shrine. Here, we can ex...
13 Culture Kannon-ji Temple Todd Wojnowski Kannon-ji Temple highlights the quaint, back-to-nature attractiveness of Hanno City in Saitama. Plan your next hiking route t...
Food Gassan at Nikko Kaido Stacy Kurokawa I recommend Gassan, a tofu restaurant in Utsunomiya, to vegetarians and those who would like to go out for a special Japanese...
Culture Kyoto Daikaku-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Daikaku-ji Temple, located in the northwest suburbs of Kyoto, contains the same design elements of the ancient Imperial Palace.
6 Food Club of Famous Curry Diners Peter Lin The Club of Famous Curry Diners is a small counter-style restaurant in the basement of the Yurakucho Itocia Plaza building. T...
Food Sushi-ro, Tsuruta, Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa Our four year old son’s favorite restaurant is a chain convenyor belt (kaiten) sushi restaurant called Sushi-ro. What it lack...
12 Culture Kodai-ji Temple's Lovely Grounds Larry Knipfing In 1606, Kita-no-Mandokoro established this temple in memory of her late husband Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of Japan's greatest-...
