Food Ohisama Cafe and Shop Aries Lucea Ohisama Cafe and Shop quick eat, delicious pastries and fresh produce at Gose Station
Culture Shiratori Shrine Matthew Eynon Tucked away in the village of Nagara, a suburb of Tenri City, is a Shinto shrine named Shiratori that predates the Nara Perio...
Culture Chōgaku-ji Temple Matthew Eynon Located on the Yamanobe Path at the foot of Mt. Ryūō-zan in Yanagimoto-cho, Tenri City is the Chōgaku-ji Temple, reportedly b...
Culture Paths Less Traveled – Ryūō-zan Matthew Eynon The summit of Mt. Ryūō is difficult to reach, but well worth the hike. It is often billed as a Health Trail.
Activities Taimadera Temple Aries Lucea Taimadera temple grounds consist of a main temple, a number of smaller ones, 2 temple towers, patches of garden and a main ga...
Activities Koriyama Castle Cherry Blossoms Erin Fitzgerald For the cherry blossom season, the site of Koriyama Castle explodes into gentle pink beauty for Oshiro Matsuri, or the Castle...
Culture Yamanobe-no-Michi Walking Trail Paul Hackshaw Yamanobe no michi is part of the ShinKaido or the New road stretching from Edo-period Tokyo to Kansai, There are many temples...
Activities Odai-ga-hara Hiking Trail Paul Hackshaw Odai-ga-hara is one of Kansai's best hiking trails
Activities Saidaiji station to Toushodaiji Paul Hackshaw This is a description of an approximately two hour walking tour heading south of Yamato Saidaiji station to Yakushiji temple ...
