Area Gyoda Marsita Yunus Gyoda City is located in northern Saitama. It developed as a castle town around Oshi Castle built in 1490. Nine large ancient...
9 Activities Yubiso and its Year-round Beauty C. Rio For the past four years I have had the privilege of calling Yubiso home. This sleepy village on the edge of Minakami is the g...
Activities Sasara, a Sake Bar in Utsunomiya Stacy Kurokawa Where else can you sample so many different kinds of local sake? Sasara offers a selection of about 120 different kinds of sa...
7 Activities Asahi San C. Rio Asahi-san is probably one of the most viewed mountains in Gunma prefecture, yet few people ever make it to its summit.
10 Culture A Walk through Kagurazaka Valerie Kor Kagurazaka in Iidabashi, Tokyo, used to have numerous geisha houses during the Edo period, some of which are still standing. ...
10 Activities Sennokuro-san Summit C. Rio Day two of my hike up Sennokuro-san was greeted with clear skies and calm air. My first task upon rising was to descend 100 m...
Activities Yuzen Nagashi Kimono Silk Dyeing Allan Murphy When I was in the middle of the bridge over Nakai station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line and the Miyoshoji River, I saw 4 or 5 me...
Food Restaurant DON in Yokosuka City Jessica A Paje Location. Location. Location! Situated off of Akiya Beach in Yokosuka City is a charming Italian eatery named Restaurant DON....
6 Culture The Impossible Project Space John Carter If you thought the Polaroid camera is dead and gone you couldn’t be more wrong. It lives on though now under a different name...
10 Culture Prefectural Office of Gunma Aline Laborde When you get the chance in Maebashi city, come visit the Prefectural Office of Gunma. Excluding Tokyo Metropolitan Government...