Culture Showa Kinen Park The Showa Kinen Park or Showa Memorial Park extends over the districts of Akishima and Tachikawa and is the largest park in T...
Activities History of Nagoya Castle Chris Glenn Until WW2, Nagoya Castle was the biggest, best designed, most gorgeous and well preserved of all the castles in Japan, and ha...
Activities Cape Sata Laura Keating The southernmost point of mainland Japan at Cape Sata, in Kagoshima, is beautiful, remote and a great place for seekers of mo...
Activities Kabuto Beer: Beer of the Samurai! Chris Glenn It could be mistaken for being abandoned, as it’s usually closed and the Meiji era brick work is pocked with bullet holes. T...
Activities Hanazono Central Park Hanazono Central Park, on the north side of Higashi-Hanazono Station in Osaka, has a cherry blossom-filled plaza and iris cov...
Beauty & Spa Public Onsen near Lake Chuzenji [Closed] Todd Wojnowski Nikko Lakeside Hotel offers public hot springs on the shores of Lake Chuzenji. Enjoy a relaxing soak while enjoying scenic vi...
Culture Yoronjima, Kagoshima Sarah Firth Yoronjima (Yoron Island) in southern Kagoshima is one of the prefecture's most beautiful islands and a hidden gem. Hit the be...
Food Hoang Ngan, Shibuya Peter Sidell In Tokyo's lively Shibuya district, Hoang Ngan is a Vietnamese restaurant serving authentic dishes prepared and served by the...
Accommodation Kuretake Inn Central Hamamatsu Peter Sidell Kuretake Inn Central Hamamatsu in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture is a clean, comfortable and very inexpensive business hotel, co...