Culture Kawagoe's Old Town: Bell Tower Todd Wojnowski The Bell Tower is the symbol of Old Town in Kawagoe City, Saitama. A town preserved in historical appearance and manner, it's...
Lovely Italia-yama Park in Yokohama Tomoko Kamishima Italia-yama Park, a 5-minute-walk from JR Ishikawa-cho Station, features nice sunsets and beautiful wide-open views of Minato...
14 Hatch a Dinosaur Egg! Takako Sakamoto Fukui Dinosaur Museum is everybody's favorite in Fukui because it's simply exciting! At the souvenir shop I bought a 'Dinosau...
Nightlife Cafe Mediumtempo Tristan Scholze Smartly designed beach cafe overlooking Nagatare Beach in Imajuku, Fukuoka. "Not too quick, not too slow." Connected to Kaoi ...
9 Anrakuju-in Temple in Fushimi Cathy Cawood Buddhist temple and burial site of two emperors, built in 1137, Anrakuju-in served as headquarters in an 1868 battle between ...
10 Sendai's Tanabata Festival 2014 Mandy Bartok The Tanabata Festival in Sendai, one of Tohoku's three main summer festival, is a swirling mass of colorful kushidama (stream...
17 Bonbori Matsuri Photos at Kamakura Jessica A Paje Bonbori-Matsuri (Bonbori Festival 雪洞祭) is composed of several rituals held from August 6th-8th. Enjoy the events and beaut...
Culture Haunted Castle in Maruoka, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Maruoka Castle ('Misty Castle') in Fukui has a ghost legend - a woman who became a 'human sacrifice' when they built the cast...
Culture Daisen City Maharoba Noh Theatre Anonymous Noh, or Nohgaku (能楽) is one of the cultural treasures of medieval Japan. A form of theatre largely devised by the Father/So...
14 Yamanaka Geigi Dances in Awara Takako Sakamoto Elegant Japanese dance performance of Yamanaka Geigi in Awara Onsen Hotsprings, Fukui. The Geigi of Awara and Yamanaka Onsen ...
