Culture The Kurama-Kibune Mountain Trail Alena Eckelmann The Kurama-Kibune Mountain Trail. In the footsteps of Reiki founder Mikao Usui
Culture A Visit to Mt Yoshino Paul Hackshaw Located at the end of the Omine Okugakemichi, an ancient ascetic training trail for mountain monks, and now a UNESCO World He...
Beyond Tokyo-Kyoto: Discover the Golden Route to West Japan Tom Roseveare What is the Golden Route to West Japan? The Golden Route to West Japan invites you to explore a lesser-known side of the coun...
Nightlife YONA YONA Tokyo Brewery: New Japanese Brewery Restaurant Opens Ryan Noble At Shinagawa Intercity, get a taste for craft beer at YONA YONA Tokyo Brewery, or explore the many restaurants near Shinagawa...
Culture Karuizawa Shaw Memorial Chapel Tomoko Kamishima Owning a summer cottage in Karuizawa is now a status symbol in Japanese. But the first cottage was built by a conservative fo...
Activities Kyoto Koetsu-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Devotees of Japanese traditional tea ceremony are almost always persons of refined taste. Koetsu-ji Temple and its seven teah...
Activities Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan, Ikebukuro Allan Murphy Myonichikan at Jiyu Gakuen (The school of the free spirit) was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1921 and it is one of his on...
Culture Shiroishi Castle, Miyagi Brian Sealey For the samurai enthusiast in Sendai, this is the place for you.
Culture Yokohama’s Soji-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima The sprawling and beautiful Soji-ji Temple in Yokohama is one of the two biggest Zen temples of the Soto sect in Japan.
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.
