12 Culture Keishun-in Garden Larry Knipfing The Keishun-in Temple garden is small and simple; quite lovely in early May. It was nice to sit quietly and soak up the fresh...
9 Activities Enoshima's Back Shore Todd Wojnowski Explore the quiet and picturesque back-end shore of Enoshima Island. Away from the tourist hubbub, the rocky coastline in the...
Activities Meet the Real Wasabi in Nagano Suwannee Payne Many people might think the wasabi we eat at Japanese restaurants or the green wasabi powder that has to be mixed with water ...
7 Culture Kamakura's Great Buddha Andre Moreira Going to Kamakura? Then the Great Buddha might be the most obvious place to visit!
12 Culture Oyamazaki Villa Art Museum Cathy Cawood Art museum in a Taisho Era house with beautiful garden including Tadao Ando designed annex with original Monet paintings.
Food Arrow Tree Cafe, Nishinomiya Charlotte Griffiths In central Nishinomiya a fruit and veg shop hides a cafe full of delicious cakes and the freshest fruit smoothies.
Transportation JR East: From Kanagawa to Matsumoto Jerome Lee The route from Nagatsuta Station (Kanagawa) to Matsumoto Station (Nagano) is completely covered by the JR East pass, and visi...
Activities Forest Adventure Mt Fuji, Yamanashi Jessica A Paje Trepidation, achievement, laughter and excitement: Welcome to Forest Adventure at Mt Fuji in the Yamanashi prefecture. The Ad...
13 Shopping Octopus Delights at Nishiki Market Suwannee Payne If you have a chance to be in Kyoto, make sure you try the octopus. Let's go rummaging through Kyoto’s famous Nishiki Market...
14 Culture A Walk on Tokyo's Rainbow Bridge George Popescu Tokyo's Rainbow Bridge: Walk over to the reclaimed land area of Odaiba, enjoy the architecture and great views of the Tokyo B...