Transportation Riding the Kintetsu to Ise Justin Dart If you want to get to Ise, Toba and the Shima areas of Mie from Nagoya, the Kintetsu is convenient, fun and inexpensive.
Activities Have A Go at Ago Bay Chris Glenn Explore the beauty of Mie Prefectures' Ago Bay aboard a Spanish Galleon pirate ship!
Transportation Tokaido Shinkansen Line Ryan Noble Welcome to Japan’s Tokaido Shinkansen Line. Discover the Tokaido Shinkansen route, tickets, stops, prices, and more! Ride the...
10 Gunkanjima Perspective - No. 1 Masayoshi Hirose Gunkanjima, a candidate to become a World Heritage site, is a dramatic, uninhabited island that never ceases to fascinate me.
Culture Tsubaki Taisho, an Unearthly Shrine Chris Glenn Built in 300, guarded by 97 generations of the Yamamoto Family, Tsubaki Grand Shrine is where Ueshiba Morihei received inspir...
Culture Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island Senén Germade The actual name of this island is Hashima. It is located around 4.5km west of the Nagasaki Peninsula, a very small island wit...
Culture The Murakami Suigun Boat Race 2026 Anonymous The Murakami Suigun Boat Race is a festival that takes place every July. The venue is Oshima Island in the Seto Inland Sea.
Activities Koshi-ore-yama Anonymous Koshi-ore-yama is a humpbacked mountain that stands on the northern boundary of Matsuyama. Home to rare plants, it affords ve...
Food Hinata Shizuku Kaiseki Restaurant Paul Arenson-Kawano A variety of subtle flavors and textures in a beautifully arranged multi-course kaiseki lunch or dinner
Activities Omishima Island Anonymous Omishima is an artistically and religiously significant island in the Inland Sea. Part of Imabari, it’s accessed by the Shi...