Food Cafe de Take, Harajuku Bonson Lam Cafe de Take is a charming cafe and bistro, full of my favorite things and hidden away in Harajuku Bell Pier, a boutique coll...
Shopping World's Friendliest Flea Market? Nate Hill Sellers of various items gather once a month in Kochi's Central Park to not only sell a little bit, but also to just have a g...
Activities Ice Skating in Sendai Justin Velgus Ice Rink Sendai is an ice skating rink a ten minute bus ride from the Izumi Chuo Subway Station. It is the only ice rink in t...
Activities Itoman Peaceful Illumination Nariko Oshiro Winter illumination at Itoman Kanko Noen (tourist farm) has a message of peace.
Activities Tatsuda Nature Park Mandy Bartok Walk in the footsteps of the Hosokawa family in the Tatsuda Nature Park, their former property and site of their graves.
Culture Daitoku-ji Temple Complex in Kyoto Katherine Moore This large temple complex in North West Kyoto, with its many sub-temples and is a great place to become introduced to the obs...
Culture Okayama Orphan Asylum Kenji Chida Okayama City has a lot of history but one of the hidden gems is the remains of the Okayama Orphange. Founded by Juji Ishii du...
Culture Ryōzen Kannon Andrew Kehoe The Ryozen Kannon is a memorial to the Japanese war dead of World War 2 and a memorial to the unidentified remains of lost Ja...
Culture Holy Resurrection Cathedral Todd Wojnowski Nicolai-do, of the Japanese Orthodox Church, has a Byzantine architectural style and large, green domed roof that makes it an...
Shopping Handa Dashi Festival Chris Glenn Japan’s greatest Dashi, or parade float festival, the Handa Dashi Festival happens every 5 years in Handa, just south of Nag...
