Culture Will You Fight Or Watch? 2026 Cathy Cawood Epic battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen re-enacted every year on the banks of the Fuefuki River in Yamanashi. P...
Culture Crystal Sound Museum Cathy Cawood Crystal Sound is a free museum in Shosenkyo with a collection of precious gemstones from around the world. The museum shop is...
Culture Road Trippin' Japan (Part Three) Wanda Bodnar Description of the Osaka to Tokyo leg of our recent campervan trip through Japan.
Activities One Day in Nagoya Vicky Amin A guide to the history and cuisine of central Japan, within easy reach from Nagoya Railway station.
Culture Japanese Musical Instruments Elena Lisina A description of popular traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen, taiko, shakuhachi, koto and biwa. The sound o...
Food Hamazushi Yukawa Elena Lisina Authentic, tasty and fresh sushi in Hamazushi Yukawa restaurant in the seaside town of Ito.
Culture Onbashira Matsuri in Suwa, Nagano 2028 Sarah Koh Onbashira Matsuri in Suwa, Nagano is filled with plenty of singing, dancing, colorful costumes and merrymaking in general.
8 Kikuzushi Shozo Fujii Located along the banks of the Kuzuryu River in the Funahashi area of Fukui City is a Japanese bar with an Edo Style Sushi me...
Accommodation Onsen Yado Mizuguchi in Shuzen-ji Peter Sidell In the charming hot spring resort of Shuzen-ji, in the Izu Peninsula in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, Onsen Yado Mizuguchi is ...
Culture Toyama's Best Kept Secrets Jerome Lee In Toyama prefectures lies 6 cities worth discovering, including Gokayama and Toyama Bay
