Food Min Min restaurant Abi Barber Min Min gyoza restaurant in Utsunomiya Station carpark offers a small but delicious menu for the hungry traveller passing thr...
Culture Rikugien Gardens in Komagome Mackenzie Scott Tokyo’s Rikugien Gardens, just a short walk from Komagome Station on the Yamanote line, is a serene oasis in the big city.
Food Café Restaurant Yama-Boushi Akio Negishi Genuine food, a nice view, and a friendly shop owner; you can get them all at cafe restaurant Yama-Boushi.
Activities Nokogiri-yama, Chiba Ron Tanno Nokogiri-yama forms the boundary between the Kazusa and Awa areas of Chiba's Boso Peninsula, and it offers amazing cliff view...
Activities Gokoku Shrine in Matsuyama Anonymous Gokoku Shrine has a propeller from a Zero fighter and other war memorials. It's also popular with families.
Activities Iwase Bunko Library in Nishio-shi Chris Glenn If access to rare, antique books on Asian literature and history normally reserved for scholars is a dream....
Food Shigematsu Hanten in Imabari Anonymous Shigematsu Hanten is a small Chinese restaurant tucked away in a commercial suburb. It serves the specialty of Imabari, pork ...
Nightlife Soh Soh on Ropeway Dori Anonymous Soh Soh on fashionable Ropeway Street boasts a daily lunch set with loads of vegetables, that brings joy to your body. Served...
Food Coffee Ramen in Tokyo Jonathan D Is this the antithesis of Tampopo, the Japanese movie about a woman trying to create the perfect bowl of ramen? Probably. In ...
Accommodation Hotel Gasthof, Kagoshima Peter Sidell In the centre of Kagoshima on Japan's westerly Kyushu island, Hotel Gasthof is full of middle-European charm and character, b...