Accommodation Umi Akari: Relaxed Toyama Bay Hotel Alena Eckelmann Spacious rooms, onsen and gorgeous seafood dinners, what else can you want from your accommodation? This all and more you wil...
Activities The Top Four Snowy Slopes of Nagano, Niigata Serena Ogawa If you're in Japan for winter sports, look no farther than Nagano. These are the must-go spots for snow sports!
Food Tendo City Nabe Battle 2026 Kim Bergström Now in its 27th year, the Tendo City Nabe Battle is held every winter and sees numerous restaurants fight it out – peacefully...
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan-Inspired Culture & Nature Trips Kim Bergström As Japan gears up to welcome an influx of visitors for the EXPO 2025 OSAKA, KANSAI, JAPAN, the spotlight shines not only on t...
Beauty & Spa Yunotsu Hot Spring Tristan Scholze Yunotsu Hot Spring is small port town with historic bathhouses, fine inns, classy cafes, and World Heritage Site status in Sh...
Culture Kataoka Tsurutaro Art Museum Peter Sidell In the hot-spring and ski resort of Kusatsu in Japan's Gunma prefecture, Kataoka Tsurutaro Art Museum holds exhibitions of ch...
Culture Newtype Anime Chronicle 2020-2021 Lynda Hogan The EJ Anime Museum will open in Kadokawa Culture Museum with a Newtype Anime Chronicle exhibition. Newtype is a monthly publ...
Culture Tochigi: Top 10 Things to Do Veronica Carnevale Tochigi Prefecture is filled with quaint charm, making visitors feel like they are stepping into old Japan. The area's immacu...
Culture Akan Ainu Art Week 2026 Kim Bergström The Akan Ainu Art Week (AAAW) is a three-week festival celebrating the living culture of the Ainu people through contemporary...
Activities Unzen Amakusa National Park Bonson Lam The Unzen-Amakusa National Park is located between Nagasaki and Kumamoto, in the south western island of Kyushu. Framed on t...