Culture Details of Motonosumi Shrine Tristan Scholze Yamaguchi's winding 123-red-gates-to-sea-cliffs scene will dazzle, but stay for awhile to fill in the details.
Culture Ako Gishisai Festival, Tokyo 2026 Sleiman Azizi An annual festival held on December 14 in Tokyo, commemorating the 47 ronin, samurai who avenged their wrongfully executed ma...
Accommodation Hotel Angel Grandia, Yuzawa Sleiman Azizi A good hotel for families in Echigo-Yuzawa in Japan's Niigata prefecture, Hotel Angel Grandia has a snow park during the wint...
9 Culture The Takahashi Samurai House Peter Sidell In the historical castle town of Matsumoto in central Japan's Nagano prefecture, the Takahashi Residence is a restored samura...
Food The Do's and Do's of Eating Sushi Sleiman Azizi Some simple tips on how to appreciate and get more enjoyment out of eating your sushi.
Food Good Sushi Or Better Sushi? Sleiman Azizi A description of how, as your appreciation of sushi grows, there will be five things you will start to notice.
Culture Sumoto Castle From the Sengoku Period Amani Ouali Sumoto Castle was built in the 16th century, precisely in 1526, by Japan’s second greatest unifier “Toyotomi Hideyoshi” durin...
Culture Hashima Rey Waters Hashima: "Battleship Island" (Gunkanjima) was a historic coal mining that began in the 1800's. Near Nagasaki, the island bec...
Culture Niutsuhime-jinja Shrine & Jison-in Temple Róisín Finnerty Mount Koya's spiritual realm extends further, come and discover the Niutsushime Shrine and Jisonin Temple, which play their o...
Activities Aso Farmland Health Challenge Hall Yui Yamaguchi Your body age can be evaluated by the machines that looked like a retro TV set, with larger than life candy coloured buttons,...