Culture Kazahaya Traditional Arts Festival Anonymous The Furusato Kazahaya Traditional Arts Festival features vernacular arts that you probably haven't heard of before, but they ...
Shopping Rice Cracker Kingdom in Niigata Alena Eckelmann Niigata Prefecture is the top rice cracker producer in Japan. "Senbei Okoku" is located in Nizaki near Niigata Airport. The "...
Shopping Iwate's Small Town Ohasama in Fall Malcome Larcens Ohasama and surroundings: My favorite way to get there is by bicycle, from Hanamaki is is about 35 kilometers. While riding o...
Food Café Notch Tristan Scholze Café Notch brings together home cooking and healthy local products in a beautiful log cabin set in a mountainside village.
Activities Iwasaki Castle Chris Glenn Iwasaki Castle, mostly forgotten by the history & tourist information books, sits 15 km SE of Nagoya City.
Area Matsue Kenji Chida Matsue is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, with a population of around 200,000, and there are many reasons for the vis...
Accommodation Kamenoi Hotel Aso: A Grand Nature Resort in Aso Veronica Carnevale Located in northeastern Kumamoto Prefecture, Aso is a city characterized by its powerful nature—namely, Mount Aso, one of Jap...
Culture Teshima: Mesmerizing Art in Nature Clifford Bernstein Teshima Island, a part of the Setouchi Art Island mini-archipelago in the Inland Sea
15 Asahisan Fudoji Temple, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Asahisan Fudoji Temple, Fukui is located at the foot of Mt. Asuwa in the center of the city. See the Goddess of Mercy for chi...
14 Food Mikaku Beef Restaurant Takako Sakamoto Mikaku on Shirakawa street only serves premium wagyu beef, all hand cut on cleavers only. The restaurant has a great, romanti...
