Activities Cosmos Season at the Kurohime Plateau 2026 Kim Bergström Nagano's Kurohime Plateau has been home to cosmos flowers for almost the last 50 years, and the area is a popular picnic spot...
Accommodation Koyo Ryokan in Kaminoyama Alena Eckelmann Koyo Ryokan in Kaminoyama Onsen near Yamagata City and near the Zao mountains is ranking amongst the best ryokan in Japan. Th...
Activities Peony Season at the Sukagawa Peony Garden Kim Bergström Each year during May, the Sukagawa Peony Garden in Fukushima comes alive with around 7000 peony flowers in 290 different vari...
Activities Muramatsu Park Cherry Blossom Festival Kim Bergström Each year, the Muramatsu Park Cherry Blossom Festival showcases the beauty of spring in Niigata Prefecture. The park was desi...
Activities Akagi Nanmen Cherry Blossom Festival Kim Bergström Each year around mid-April, Gunma is home to the Akagi Nanmen Cherry Blossom Festival. The event showcases the beauty of arou...
Activities Taihei River Sakura Festival 2026 Kim Bergström From around mid to late April in Akita City, the banks of the Taihei River come alive with the color of around 1000 cherry tr...
12 Culture Shibu Onsen Day Trip Nathan Eden Full of yukata-clad visitors during the weekend, the beautiful and historic village of Shibu Onsen is quiet mid-week. Amid th...
Activities Cycling Courses in Wakayama Geoff Day Wakayama Prefecture's sacred heartland stretches across the Kii Peninsula in the southern Kansai region. Known for its sacred...
Activities A Journey From Kyoto to Wakayama Geoff Day For more than 1,000 years (794 to 1868) Kyoto was the capital of Japan. From the central Kansai area of Japan, the Imperial C...
Activities Cosmos Season at Kokaigawa Fureai Koen Park 2026 Kim Bergström Each year around October, Ibaraki's Kokaigawa Fureai Park comes alive with thousands of cosmos flowers in bloom. There are so...
