Culture Sanjusangendo Temple - Kyoto Katherine Moore See the awe-inspiring sight of vast sea of 1000 life sized golden statues of the Buddhist 'goddess of mercy' the bodhisattva ...
8 Culture Kyoto Gion Shirakawa canal walk Bonson Lam Start your evening with a peaceful walk along Shirakawa Canal, where geishas and cherry blossoms bring Gion’s charm to life.
9 Culture Sakura of Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka Bonson Lam Historic shops and cherry blossoms make a potent mix at Kyotos Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka at Spring. If you are cycling you wil...
Activities Cape Shionomisaki Alena Eckelmann The Kuroshio Current streams by Cape Shiono-misaki, Honshu's most southern point. Japan's most northern coral reefs are locat...
6 Nightlife Kita Horie and Yotsubashi Bonson Lam Experience Osaka Shinsaibashi's genteel Upper West side at Kita Horie, home to expatriates and twenty and thirty somethings a...
11 Nightlife Osaka Dotonbori After Dark Bonson Lam The Dotonbori Bridge is great place to enjoy Osaka's outdoor street theater. While the Kabuki playhouses from the 17 th centu...
Transportation What’s the Best Way to Get From Kyoto to Tokyo? Bonson Lam The slow train to Kyoto may be the path least taken, but it is brimming with surprises.
Beauty & Spa Amanohashidate Onsen Robert Van Egghen Soak your troubles away at the Amanohashidate onsen, next to one of the top three sights in Japan
11 Activities Japan's Waikiki: Visiting Shirahama Beach Alena Eckelmann A white sandy beach and a southern resort feeling with palm trees and a stunning sunset at Shirahama Beach are just a one-hou...
6 Culture Venus Bridge, Kobe Manish Prabhune A rather secluded but equally beautiful location is the Venus Bridge in Kobe.
