Culture Kokura Castle in Kitakyushu Anonymous Kokura Castle is a very placid fortification, sitting in pleasant park and garden in the middle of Kitakyushu.
Transportation From Kansai Airport to Kyoto Bonson Lam Insider tips for best, cheapest and most stress-free way to and from Kansai International Airport to Kyoto and beyond, includ...
Culture Nagoya's Old Courtrooms Chris Glenn Elegant, opulent Tiasho Period luxury above, solitary confinement detention cells below. Welcome to Nagoya's old courtrooms.
Culture The Kokura Gion Festival 2026 Anonymous The Kokura Gion Festival is a frenzy of mid-summer community drumming in northern Kyushu. Get your taiko on!
Shopping Den Den Town: Nipponbashi Ash Den Den Town, also known as Nipponbashi, is Osaka's answer to Akihabara.
Transportation Osaka Itami Airport to Kyoto Bonson Lam Given there is no direct train from Osaka airport to Kyoto, is the bus or a monorail/ train combination better? Inside tips a...
Culture Ukai at Inuyama Chris Glenn For over 1300 years, the traditional art of cormorant fishing has been practiced on the river below Inuyama Castle.
Culture Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Starting more than 800 years ago, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine was the center of the great samurai city of Kamakura.
Transportation Matsuyama Tourist Port Anonymous Matsuyama Tourist Port is a convenient sea link between central Ehime and Honshu and Kyushu.
Area Ikoma Paul Hackshaw Ikoma is in the northwestern part of Nara Prefecture and is noted for Mt Ikoma, the mountain range which divides Osaka from N...
