Accommodation Hotel Anteroom Kyoto Hoyee Tse Hotel Anteroom Kyoto is a stylish hotel with a homely and artistic space, one stop south of Kyoto.
Activities Going Wild at Tama Zoo Steve Morton Tama Zoo: A walk around a Zoo with a difference! One that provides for the animals as well as the visitors
Food Hoeijuku Tenohana Cafe Meredith Lescoe A small, ambitious group in rural Fukui proves that it's still possible to build a life, home, and business from scratch the ...
Activities Skypark Utsunomiya: Paragliding Stacy Kurokawa Try paragliding at Skypark Utsunomiya. Beginners welcome. No Japanese? Don't worry, you'll probably survive.
Beauty & Spa Shinetsu Trail, Part 1 Rowland Douglas The Shinetsu Trail is a 4-6 day hike, running north-east from Mt. Madarao by Lake Nojiri. Moderately strenuous but not techni...
Food Akita Dining at Kamakura-ya Bonson Lam Experience how food and nature is celebrated in Akita folklore.
Shopping Sex and the Komaki City Chris Glenn Samantha from Sex and The City would be impressed, as Komaki rises to the occasion for the Fertility Festival with one huge....
Culture Nagasaki Glover Garden Tomoko Kamishima In Nagasaki, there is a stylish Western house high up on a cliff in Minami Yamate, commanding a panoramic view of Nagasaki Po...
Culture Shiba Zojo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Shiba Zojo-ji (増上寺) is located in the center of Tokyo, next to the Tokyo Tower, and only 500 meters distance from cool, ex...
Activities Jimmu Temple and Forest Hike Steve Morton Zushi Hiking: An easy two hour walk to Jimmu Temple and surrounding forest.