Culture See the Historic City of Sawara Joe Peters Spend a few hours sightseeing in Sawara - easily reachable from Narita Airport or downtown Tokyo
Beauty & Spa Scenic Kawaguchiko Andrew Checkley Of the five lakes cooling Mt. Fuji’s toes, Kawaguchiko is the most popular and most developed.
17 Activities Bungee Jumping and Autumn Leaves Bryan Baier Japan's one and only place to go bungee jumping
Transportation Chiba Urban Monorail Todd Wojnowski The Chiba Urban Monorail is a major source of transportation within Chiba Prefecture, and the Guinness Record holder as the l...
10 Activities Hiraniwa Plateau, Iwate Josef Diermair The Hiraniwa Plateau, Iwate Prefecture is a quiet area with only a few people living here. I can recommend it for its lovely ...
Food Ishin Tsukemen Restaurant in Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck Two ramen shops on R17 in Yuzawa. One offers traditional ramen, the other tsukemen with the soup and noodles separate. The no...
Accommodation The Italia Ken Hotel in Niigata Tomoko Kamishima The Italia Ken, a long-established hotel located in Niigata city’s famous old district, Furumachi, still keeps its unique fla...
Activities Shirakami-sha Shrine Paul Walsh A shrine has stood at Shirakami for well over 400 years ago, but its roots date back further; to a time when the sea reached ...
Food TenTenYu Ramen Laura Keating Nobuyo and Kaname Ikeda have been cooking ramen for years, and it shows!
Culture The Kurama-Kibune Mountain Trail Alena Eckelmann The Kurama-Kibune Mountain Trail. In the footsteps of Reiki founder Mikao Usui
