Culture Ofuna Botanical Garden Jessica A Paje The Kanagawa Prefectural Ofuna Botanical Garden Flower Center, simply known as Ofuna Botanical Garden, is just 5-minutes from...
14 Autumn at Daigo Temple Cathy Cawood Red and yellow leaves enhance the beauty of World Heritage Site Daigoji, which has has the oldest pagoda in Kyoto, and many o...
Coffee from Water of Japanese Alps Tomoko Kamishima Lounge café “Grindelwald” at Kamikochi Imperial Hotel: The hot coffee made from crystal water from the Japanese Alps warmed o...
Activities The Sports Shrine and One Lucky God Kazuko Narahara A shrine known as the "Sports Shrine" is a shrine in Kameito, Tokyo. It is also part of a seven lucky gods pilgrimage.
14 Autumn Color at Kongorinji Cathy Cawood Enter Kongorinji in Shiga via a path that runs from the road to the pond garden between stone walls almost covered with thick...
Culture Nihombashi Ebisu-ko Bettara-ichi 2026 Hannah Sy The Nihombashi Ebisu-ko Bettara-ichi is a seasonal festival on October 19 and 20 around Odenma-cho, Chuoku. The fair started ...
12 Sagawa Art Museum Cathy Cawood This beautiful building in Shiga Prefecture is surrounded by a pond, and includes a tea-house and a wonderful underground spa...
8 Licca: a Different Kind of Italian Louise Archer Licca is a lovely Italian restaurant in the Nasu highlands, famous for its lovely Italian cuisine and its unusual style of fi...
12 Gorgeous Fukui Prefectural Library Takako Sakamoto Fukui Prefectural Library is an ultra modern building standing in the middle of the rice fields in Fukui. It was designed by ...
12 Trip to Hoonji Temple, Morioka Malcome Larcens Off the beaten track in Iwate: The temple of 500 disciples, a very special place away from the crowds.
