Culture Kappa Monster Hunting in Tono Justin Velgus Kappa monsters can supposedly be found over Japan, but there is one place where they said to be so common they are immortaliz...
Culture Akita Big Paper Balloon Festival Janessa Landry Want to spend an old traditional Japanese New Years? This Kamifusen (paper balloon) festival is held on the 10th of Feburary ...
Culture Holocaust Education in Fukuyama Mary Kawai It may be a surprise that Japan, estimated to have fewer than 1,000 residents following the Jewish faith, has a museum dedica...
Beauty & Spa The Mountains of Zao Onsen Village Hannah Warren The mountains around Zao Onsen Village in Yamagata offer four seasons of fun.
Culture Horie Shrine Bradford Pomeroy Horie Shrine is a small Shinto shrine in Saga City. Its origins begin in the Kamakura period and it was officially designated...
Activities Mobile Internet from WiFi-Hire.com Eitetsu Terakado EMobile's Pocket WiFi from WifFi-Hire.com provides easy access to the Internet almost anywhere in Japan. Easy to carry and fi...
Shopping Goshono's Aeon Justin Velgus Aeon is the largest chain developer of shopping centers in Japan. In Goshono, a suburb of Akita, you can find one the largest...
Food Taimeshi, an Ehime Delicacy Tomomi Shiba Ehime's traditional dish is taimeshi. Introducing two different types of local dish with the same name, and how they developed.
Activities Autumn Colors at Fukuroda Falls Elysse Hurtado Ibaraki’s famous Fukuroda Falls, one of the 3 most beautiful falls in Japan, is located near the northern city of Daigo, roug...
