Food A Little Prayer Elysse Hurtado This laid-back eatery offers high quality soba, udon, and tempura meal sets with quite a lot of volume
Food Cafe Conversa, Karuizawa Peter Sidell In the resort town of Karuizawa in Japan's Nagano prefecture, Cafe Conversa is a good place to relax over a coffee or one of ...
Food Raku Beer Emmie Tsumura A friendly, sophisticated little craft beer cafe, tucked away behind Namiki-dori in the heart of Hiroshima City. A delight fo...
Food Garba Cafe in Minakami Rufus Starbuck A new cafe just outside Minakami that specializes in baumkutchen but with a great range of cakes and coffees.
Nightlife Hakone's Chozume-ya Sausage Shop Tomoko Kamishima Chozume-ya (腸詰屋) in Moto-hakone is a shop that specializes in handmade sausages and hams based on traditional German techn...
Food Kamakura Sausage Larry Knipfing After a morning of walking around Kamakura, you might find yourself famished. For 350 yen and five minutes of your time, Kama...
Food Kamakura’s Utsuki Robatayaki Larry Knipfing Utsuki (卯月) on Komachi-Dori in Kamakura is far and away my favorite restaurant, and that’s saying something since I have li...
Accommodation Hotel Grand Court Tsu Nishi Chris Glenn An inexpensive yet comfortable designer hotel in Tsu city, Mie Prefecture.
Accommodation Yokohama’s Royal Park Hotel Tomoko Kamishima The Royal Park Hotel is located on the upper of The Landmark Rower. Staying here will be an unforgettable memory of your trav...
Food Tenkaippin Ramen Peter Sidell With locations across Japan, Tenkaippin is a nationwide chain of ramen shops, offering noodles in a unique and tasty chicken ...
