9 Culture Berrick Hall Tomoko Kamishima Berrick Hall should properly be called a mansion: It's very big, has a beautiful garden and a large party room. The interior ...
7 Activities An Easy Day Hike: Mt. Kobo Park Hana Joy Mt. Kobo Park stands above the city of Hadano and offers spectacular views of Mt. Fuji and the surrounding areas. It is a gr...
8 Culture Tamao Hachiman Shrine in Imabari Anonymous Tamao Hachiman Shrine stands above a little port on the Seto Inland Sea. Don't miss this characterful spot at the top of the ...
Culture Hongu Taisha Spring Festival 2027 Alena Eckelmann Festivals to honor the Kumano Deities and the tradition of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage are an inherent part of the annual cale...
8 Culture Good Morning Tsukiji Luke Braidwood Being a masochist, I decided to murder my weekend by getting up at the crack of dawn to visit Tsukiji. I missed the tuna auct...
Accommodation Tokyo Dai-ichi Hotel in Matsuyama Tony Mariani The Tokyo Dai-ichi Hotel in the center of Matsuyama makes a good base for touring the city and its surrounding areas.
14 Food Shojiya-The Art of Making Soba Alena Eckelmann The art of making soba at Shojiya restaurant in Yamagata City
Transportation Akita Airport Justin Velgus Akita airport is located about a 30 minute drive from downtown Akita City, the prefecture's capital. There are domestic fligh...
Food Ganesh Indian Restaurant Ciara Long Delicious, authentic Indian food conveniently located on Hiroshima's main Hondori shopping street.
12 Culture Tokyo's Imperial Palace East Garden Peter Sidell Inside the Imperial Palace's moat, the east garden gives you a both a tranquil green space to relax beside its pond, and a lo...
