Activities The Shimanami Kaido Anonymous The area around the Seto Inland Sea is known as ‘Setouchi’. The Shimanami Kaido is a chain of islands and bridges with cycle ...
Culture Hirado Castle Mandy Bartok Hirado castle, a modern reconstruction with 300 year old gates, stands on a hill high above the port of Hirado, where old Eur...
Nightlife Cafe Mediumtempo Tristan Scholze Smartly designed beach cafe overlooking Nagatare Beach in Imajuku, Fukuoka. "Not too quick, not too slow." Connected to Kaoi ...
Culture Holy Resurrection Cathedral Todd Wojnowski Nicolai-do, of the Japanese Orthodox Church, has a Byzantine architectural style and large, green domed roof that makes it an...
Activities Osu Kannon Antique Fair Chris Glenn The Osu area of Nagoya City is always worth a look, particularly on the 18th and 28th of every month, as there’s the added at...
Shopping Jinbocho Book Town Avery Morrow A hidden wonder of Tokyo: a neighborhood full of unusual specialty bookstores
Culture Manazuru's Mitsu-ishi (Three Rocks) Tomoko Kamishima Mitsu-ishi, (the Three Rocks) is located at Cape Manazuru. Three large, sacred rocks sit in the sea, very close to shore. The...
Area Iyo Anonymous In Japan, the names for municipalities bear scant resemblance to entities of the same name in the west. So in Japan, a ‘villa...
Transportation Imabari Ferry Terminal Anonymous Imabari Ferry Terminal serves the cluster of islands between Ehime and Hiroshima, with a wide range of ferry services.
Culture Haiku in Matsuyama Anonymous The feudal lord of Matsuyama was a devotee and patron of poetry, and from the Edo period onward, the city has been particular...
