Culture Firefly Viewing in Uji Charlotte Griffiths From late May to mid-June, Uji City Botanical Park near Kyoto plays host to fireflies, delighting young and old alike. A shor...
Activities Utsunomiya's Yonan Pool Stacy Kurokawa Utsunomiya's Yonan Pool. Beat the heat. Swim, splash and play with your kids outdoors, or go alone and do some lengths. Cheap...
Culture National Art Center, Tokyo Jerome Lee National Art Center, Tokyo is the national government's fifth art institution to be organized under the umbrella of the Indep...
Food Maido Kushiyaki and Wine Richard Kirchner An excellent yakitori restaurant between Yokohama and Yokosuka.
Activities Picchio Hannah Warren Standing in a field, armed with binoculars, staring at a tree doesn’t sound like the best way to spend a chilly autumn evenin...
Accommodation Tazawako Rose Park Hotel Keith Wyss The Tazawako Rose Park Hotel is situated right on the shore of beautiful Lake Tazawa, a caldera lake of about 20 km circumfer...
Culture Kaikoji Temple Justin Velgus The Kaikoji Temple in Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture houses two of the legendary living mummies. These former priests mummified ...
Area Hirosaki Andrew Checkley A castle town turned small city, Hirosaki is bigger than the rural towns most frequent in outer Aomori, but smaller than the ...
Culture Cape Ashizuri Dana Vielmetti See the Pacific in all its mighty grandeur at scenic Cape Ashizuri
Culture Makoto Fukawa, Lithograph Artist Eva Haslauer Artists' studios can be found all over Niseko's Mt. Annupuri. The article introduces one of these artists, his reasons for mo...
