Activities Hagi Okan Plum Garden Festival 2027 Kim Bergström The Hagi Okan Plum Garden is home to an impressive 300 plum trees encompassing 11 varieties, and they bloom from the end of J...
Activities The Bridge of Dreams rachel teo The Bridge of Dreams, or Yume no Tsuri Bashi, is a wood and steel suspension bridge built across the Sumata Gorge in the nort...
Activities Diagon Alley: Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo – The Making of Harry Potter Veronica Carnevale An in-depth look into the Diagon Alley set at Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo – The Making of Harry Potter.
Culture Kawazu-zakura Matsuri Gonzague Gay-Bouchery With around 8,000 cherry trees mostly located along the Kawazu River, the Kawazu Sakura Festival (Kawazu-zakura Matsuri) is o...
Culture The Republic of Ezo Euan Prentis Goryokaku Park holds colourful cherry blossoms, calm open-grounds, and a powerful history as the former seat of the short-liv...
Food Starbucks Blends Alcohol and Ice Audrey Foo Starbucks Japan created a Wine Fraggino blueberry wine and ice blend drink for the opening of its Starbucks Evenings store.
Food World's First Sakura Pepsi Victoria Vlisides Sakura Pepsi: Cherry-blossm flavored, sweet and pink.
6 Culture Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Spring Fiona Yoshitake Visit Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Spring and enjoy the unique ambience of weeping cherry blossoms against a striking background o...
Activities Sakura Season at Omura Park Kim Bergström From around late March through to mid-April, Nagasaki's Omura Park is an absolute delight for the eyes. There are around 2000...
Activities Kasukabe City Guide Elizabeth S Kasukabe City in Saitama Prefecture is a major junction for trains between Tokyo, Nikko, and beyond, but it's worth a stop as...
