Shopping Yukata Shopping for Hanabi Season Jessica A Paje A guide on where to buy and how to wear a yukata, a summer kimono, for hanabi season. Enjoy wearing a light, cotton kimono to...
Activities Aharen Island's Trip Adventures Bonson Lam Japan consists of over 6800 islands, so what are you waiting for? Discover its wild joys of snorkeling and sea kayaking.
Beauty & Spa Snow Monkeys Taking an Onsen Adeline Ong Viewing snow monkeys enjoying a warm bath in a natural hot spring
Activities Three Blind Mice Bonson Lam This is the story of how three foreigners, who can’t read a word of Japanese, motorbiked their way up to Kyoto and around Lak...
Culture Searching for Ebisu Reynald Ventura A trip to Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture in search for Ebisu, the fishing god.
Culture Taisan-ji Temple in Matsuyama Anonymous Taisan-ji is a temple in Matsuyama. It’s No. 52 on the Shikoku pilgrimage. It sits on a hillside isolated from the city, surr...
Culture Senjuji in Tsu City Chris Glenn The largest Buddhist temple in Mie Prefecture, the Senjuji is surrounded by high earthen walls, with an impressive set of gat...
Culture The Fuji-Q Highland Way Steve Morton Situated within a stone’s throw away from Mount-Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, Fuji-Q Highland offers a real high-adrenaline p...
Culture Hanami in Hiroshima Peace Park Ash Even if you are in Japan or planning to visit during the season, perhaps you've never considered Hiroshima as a cherry blosso...
Activities The Sendai Literature Museum Justin Velgus The Sendai Literature Museum is full of information about the lives and works of authors from Sendai and Miyagi Prefecture. I...