Food Shizuoka City Quality Green Tea Cafes Samuel Richards Shizuoka City is home to many green tea cafes, but there are some that stand above the rest when it comes to fusing a quality...
Activities Shiraito Falls Christmas Session 2026-2027 Lynda Hogan Shiraito falls are located in Karuizawa, Nagano. They are lit up during select periods during the winter. The first of those ...
Activities Tsumekizaki Narcissus Festival 2026-2027 Kim Bergström The Tsumekizaki Narcissus Festival is held every year from December 20th until January 31st, when over 3 million white daffod...
Activities Shizuoka: Top 10 Things to Do Veronica Carnevale Shizuoka Prefecture rests on the eastern side of Japan’s main island. The prefecture is filled with mountainous nature in the...
Planning Another Good Plan for Fuji-san Elena Lisina Climbing Fuji-san can be easily combined with a good and informative vacation in the Fuji Five Lakes area with its great vari...
Activities A New Plan for Fuji-san Elena Lisina After a not too successful first Mt. Fuji climb, I created a new plan to ascend the mountain based on the much easier Gotemba...
Food Green Tea Factory Experience Samuel Richards In the heart of Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, you will find the Kawane tea region, and here you can learn first-hand ...
Transportation Nagaoka Station Kim Bergström Nagaoka Station is one of the stops along the Joetsu Shinkansen line in Niigata Prefecture. The station has a range of amenit...
Transportation Shizuoka Airport Kim Bergström Shizuoka Airport (also referred to as the Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport) operates both domestic and international routes. There a...
Culture Nagano Olympic Museum Kim Bergström Nagano played host to the Winter Olympics in 1998, and the Nagano Olympic Museum was created to inspire interest in the Games...
