Culture Shinonome Shrine Anonymous Shinonome Shrine stands at the foot of the castle hill in Matsuyama. Noh theatre performances are held here in April amid the...
Shopping The Old and Trashy Tateishi Louise Bonsack Only three stops away from the Tokyo Skytree Tower, Tateishi recalls the time when Tokyo was a town of laborers and artisans.
Culture Tosho-gu Shrine’s Secret Magic - 2 Tomoko Kamishima Kano Tanyu designed huge numbers of sculptures and carvings for each building. There are 5173 in total. I would like to focus...
8 Activities Hakone's Awesome Owaku-dani Valley Tomoko Kamishima Intense energy is popping up from under the clefts of rocks all around you. Phreatic explosions are taking place right under ...
7 Culture Yokohama's Negishi Forest Park Tomoko Kamishima This park used to be a horse racetrack for over 80 years, mainly for the amusement of foreign residents. The grandstands (in ...
Area Niihama Mark Anderson Niihama City in Ehime Prefecture is a bustling industrial city of 124,000 people on the north coast of Shikoku. Although the ...
Activities Shioya Bay 9.5k Trim Marathon Jannine Myers Shioya Bay trim marathon - a pretty course that wraps around the bay in a lightly-populated area.
7 Culture Soja RetRoad Festival Judith Mikami Every September Soja City hosts a Retroad (retro + road) Festival to celebrate the tradition of the old main road with the ne...
10 Activities Nikko’s Senjogahara Josef Diermair Senjogahara, a 4 square kilometer marshland located just behind Ryuzu Falls, is simply amazing and I am psyched every time I ...
Accommodation Umi no Cho Justin Dart A wonderful resort onsen hotel overlooking the ocean featuring a private beach, bars, game room, and more
