Culture The Mask Makers of Osaka Bonson Lam Noh plays are an abstract form of performance that blends dance, music and acting, all into one spiritual whole. Like many ab...
Activities Kyoto Kennin-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Kennin-ji Temple is situated at the very near of the Gion’s geisha quarters. In this temple, you can enjoy famous screen pain...
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 Tochigi Iwafune-san Kosho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Iwafune-san Rock looks like a boat left on the broad Kanto Plain. The rock itself has been deified and is worshiped as a god....
Beauty & Spa Shinetsu Trail, Part 1 Rowland Douglas The Shinetsu Trail is a 4-6 day hike, running north-east from Mt. Madarao by Lake Nojiri. Moderately strenuous but not techni...
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.
Activities Rishiri Island Aleisha Riboldi Cycling and camping on Hokkaido's Rishiri Island; no trip to Wakkanai is complete without a stopover at this remote location.
Activities Climbing Fuji: Yoshida Trail Georgina Young Climbing Mt Fuji did not always go smoothly. Here are the mistakes I made so that you can learn from them.
Culture Searching for Ebisu Reynald Ventura A trip to Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture in search for Ebisu, the fishing god.
Nightlife Kispa La Park Haruki Kishiwada Bonson Lam Like Hokkaido in the North, Nankaido refers to the South sea road, a country defined by its own customs and dialect. It even ...
