Shopping Ganko Ittetsu Nagaya Artisan shops Paul Hackshaw A collection of stores in a "nagaya" or a long block of shops, each with a kind of craft or artisan selling their wares, with...
Shopping Tokyu Hands - Yokohama Carrie Jacobs You won’t read about Tokyu Hands in standard travel books, but it is quintessentially Japanese, and worthy of your valuable t...
Food Kimuraya Bakery, Ginza Peter Lin Kimuraya bakery in Ginza is the birthplace of anpan and reportedly the oldest and first Western style bakery in Japan.
Chiikawa Yaki Nagoya PARCO Kim Bergström Fans of Japan's endlessly adorable characters will soon have a new reason to visit central Japan, as a dedicated Chiikawa-the...
9 Food Ringo to Budou no Ki Cafe in Kurume Haruka Saijo In the countryside of Fukuoka, where the air is fresh and the water is clear, you will find a cafe that serves magnificent ap...
Culture Magome-juku Justin Dart Magome-juku, in modern day Nakatsugawa City, was the 43rd station on the Nakasendo, a post road that connected Edo (Tokyo) to...
Food FamilyMart Going All in for Cat Day Kim Bergström To celebrate Cat Day on February 22nd, FamilyMart is rolling out its annual "Family Meow Operation!" campaign, bringing a lin...
Activities Mt. Iwate Yakehashiri Lava Flow Justin Velgus Located a 15 minute taxi ride from JR Obuke Station is the Mt. Iwate Yakeshiri Lava Flow in Hachimantai City. Created from a ...
Activities A Natural Wonder: Kikuchi Gorge Mandy Bartok Escape the heat of a Kyushu summer with a trip to Kikuchi Gorge in Kumamoto prefecture
