7 Food Cafe Mame-Hico in Sangenjaya Ran Matsumoto Cafe Mame-hico in Sangenjaya, Tokyo, is not your ordinary cafe. It has a farm in Hokkaido, an Internet radio program, a free ...
12 Culture Nison-in Temple, Kyoto Larry Knipfing Established long ago, in 834, Nison-in was destroyed during the Onin War (1467-1477) and then rebuilt. Many people flock here...
Activities Hiking Mt. Hiwada, Saitama Todd Wojnowski Mt. Hiwada in Saitama is a beautiful place for a day hike. The forested mountain is notable for its two magnificent torii gat...
Food A to Z Cafe, Omotesando Hannah Bambra Yoshimoto Nara has to be one of the Japanese art scene's best modern exports. With such a distinct illustrative style, he has...
9 Culture Public Art and Sculpture of Ueno Hannah Bambra Appreciate the beauty of natural and sculpture after visiting Ueno's Tokyo National Museum, Museum of Nature and Science and ...
12 Culture Kyoto Osawa-no-ike Pond Tomoko Kamishima Osawa-no-ike Pond, built in the 8th Century, is the oldest man-made pond in Japan. It is attached to the Saga Emperor’s Villa...
Culture Wazuka - Japanese Tea Town Simona Zavadckyte Wazuka is a traditional Japanese tea town, with picturesque scenery and mind-clearing, heart-warming Japanese tea. Its tea in...
11 Culture Five-story Pagoda of To-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima The five-story pagoda at To-ji Temple is both beautiful, and extremely strong. Those that designed the temple figured out a w...
Shopping KITTE Marunouchi Building Manish Prabhune While on the Yaesu side it is all about a grand new modern design, the Marunouchi side has been restored to the original 100 ...
Culture Kumamoto Castle's Micro-Lordship Takako Sakamoto Kumamoto Castle has introduced a new fund raising system called, "Micro Lordship System", and has been raising donations from...