Activities Hands-on Sushi School in Yamazoe Cathy Cawood Yamazoe Village in Nara is the birthplace of Japanese culture. It is also the location of hands-on sushi school Ichiban Oishi...
Activities Agematsu Forest Adventures Tristan Scholze Agematsu is a town located in the heart of the Akasawa Natural Recreational Forest famous for its quaint forest railway that ...
Activities Mikan Country in Tanabe, Wakayama Cathy Cawood Stay at the Akizuno Garten green tourism facility in Kamiakizu—the heart of Wakayama’s mikan orange country—and enjoy delicio...
Culture Introducing Historic Imai-cho Alena Eckelmann A living town with 500 Edo Period merchant houses is Kashihara City’s best kept secret! If you like the machiya of Kyoto and ...
9 Culture Utsunoya Historical Inns Peter Sidell Close to Shizuoka in central Japan, Utsunoya is a small village of preserved and restored traditional inns, dating from as fa...
Food Kaneko Hannosuke Nihonbashi Tendon Sherilyn Siy A small tempura shop in Nihonbashi that can seat 20 people at a time boasts of lines at average 1.5 hours waiting time (some ...
8 Food Pizzeria Vento E Mare Niigata Kim Bergström Pizzeria Vento e Mare is on a Niigata backstreet and offers delicious woodfire oven pizza as their menu staple. They also hav...
Accommodation The Splendor of Houka East and West Ciara Blount Finding a great place to stay in any city is always a challenge. But nestled on a quiet street a brief walk from Kyoto Statio...
Food Sushi no Midori Shibuya Mark Asao 'Sushi no Midori Shibuya' is a great place for sushi. Always busy but quick, efficient and delicious.
